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Oklahoma
Commission on
Children and
Youth
State Plan and
Annual Report
2010
Table of Contents
Mission Statement 3
History 4
2010 OCCY Commissioners 5
OCCY Performance Measure Highlights 7
2009-2012 State Plan for
Services to Children and Youth 8
PROGRAMS
Office of Juvenile System Oversight (OJSO) 9
Oklahoma Child Death Review Board (CDRB) 11
Board of Child Abuse Examination (BCAE) 13
Post Adjudication Review Board (PARB) 15
Office of Planning and Coordination 18
2008 Community Partnership Board Special Projects 18
Statewide Collaborative Efforts 24
Joint Oklahoma Information Network (JOIN) 26
Sooner Start/Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) 28
Oklahoma Areawide Services Information System (OASIS) 31
Juvenile Personnel Training Program (JPTP) 32
Appendix A Organizational Chart 35
Appendix B Facility Index 37
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth is to improve
services to children and their families by: Planning, coordinating and communicating
with communities and between public and private agencies; Independent monitoring
of the children and youth service system; Testing models and demonstration
programs for effective services; and certifying children’s shelters that are managed and
operated by the state.
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History
“In 1982 the eyes of the nation were on the Oklahoma juvenile justice system. A highly
publicized series of investigative newspaper articles, national TV coverage, and congressional
hearings all uncovered the abuse and neglect of the children in institutions under the auspices
of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS). It was revealed that the Department,
a giant agency with a $1.2 billion annual budget, essentially answered to no one – not the gov-ernor,
the legislature, nor any oversight authority, even though it received more than half of the
state budget. Because funding for DHS came from earmarked sales tax revenues, the Depart-ment
did not have to rely on the legislature or governor for program or fiscal approval. As a
result, there were only minimal fiscal or operational controls in place. Nor were there checks
and balances by outside agencies, or internal or external monitoring for compliance with forms
and standards…
Spurred by this public scrutiny, the Oklahoma legislature passed legislation that
brought far-reaching changes to its juvenile justice and child welfare systems, and as-sured
that abuses would no longer be hidden from legislative and public attention. One
of the cornerstones was the creation of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and
Youth, specifically to bring accountability and oversight into the child care system…Its
small but committed staff has created a climate of responsibility and openness in gov-ernment
that is worthy of emulation.” (Emphasis Added.) ¹
In 1982 House Bill 1468 was signed into law and the Commission on Children and Youth
was created. The law also prohibited the placement of deprived children in detention facilities
or jails and other adult lock-ups or in training schools. All DHS facilities were required to obtain
national accreditation. DHS was directed to develop a diversity of placement alternatives with
the emphasis on community-based services.
For twenty-five years the OCCY has played a critical role in the protection of children and
the improvement of services. OCCY has successfully worked for the establishment of effective
services and has been instrumental in the remediation or elimination of substandard services
and helped create transparent system for children, youth and families.
Most recently in FY 2009, House Bill 1734 mandated the Commission on Children and Youth
certify the two state operated children’s shelters.
1. Reference: Profile, Joseph DeJames, Community Research Associates, 1988.
Prepared for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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The Honorable Lisa Hammond
Representing the Oklahoma Bar
Association
Terri White, Commissioner
Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services
Bart Bouse, Chair
Representing a Youth Services
Association
Darlene Callahan
Representing Court Appointed Special
Advocates Association
The Honorable Richard Kirby
Appointee of the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate
Robert E. “Gene” Christian, Director
Office of Juvenile Affairs
Dr. Terry Cline,
Commissioner
Oklahoma Department of Health
Mike Fogarty, Director
Oklahoma Health Care Authority
Sandy Garrett, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Department of Education
Terrica Grunewald
Representing the State Post Adjudication
Review Board
Howard Hendrick, Director
Department of Human Services
The Honorable Thomas Alford
Associate District Judge
Representing the SJR13 Oversight
Committee
Dr. Sid Brown
Appointee of the Governor
Ben Loring
Representing the Oklahoma District
Attorneys Council
Claudette Selph
Representing Metropolitan Juvenile
Bureaus
Michael O’Brien, Director
Department of Rehabilitation Services
Ken Couchman
Representing the Office of Planning and
Coordination Community Partnership
Boards
Wanda Felty
Appointee of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Brent Thackerson
Representing the Oklahoma Children’s
Agencies and Residential Enterprises
(OKCARE)
2010 OCCY COMMISSIONERS
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COMMISSIONERS
Commission membership is established by statute to include the Director of the De-partment
of Human Services, the State Commissioner of Health, the Commissioner of
the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the State Superin-tendent
of Public Instruction, the Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority,
the Director of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, the Chair of the SJR
13 Oversight Committee and the Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs.
Additional members are representatives of the Oklahoma Children’s Agencies and
Residential Enterprises, a statewide association of youth services, the Oklahoma Bar
Association, the Oklahoma District Attorney’s Association, and a statewide court-appointed
Special Advocate Association. Appointees of the Governor include a repre-sentative
from one of the metropolitan juvenile bureaus; one representing business or
industry, and one representative of the State Post Adjudication Review Board. The
Speaker of the House of Representatives appoints one member who is the parent of a
child with special needs. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate appoints one
member who has a demonstrated interest in improving children’s services and is not
employed by a state agency or a private organization that receives state funding, and
one member represents a community partnership board to be elected pursuant to the
guidelines established by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth. Ap-pointed
members may serve up to three terms of two years each.
Commissioners serve without compensation, except for reimbursement of travel ex-penses
incurred while performing their duties. The Commission is statutorily mandated
to meet at least quarterly, and special meetings are held as needed.
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OKLAHOMA COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH
PERFORMANCE MEASURE HIGHLIGHTS
PARB
Judicial
Districts
Served
JOIN Commu-nity
Resource
Directory
Visits
OJSO Com-plaints
& Re-quests
for
Assistance
OJSO
Public
Facility
Visits
P&C Local Com-munity
Collabora-tion
Meetings
ICC
Children
Served
JPTP Participants
Trained
CDRB Cases
Reviewed
Fiscal
Year
2010
97% 1,511,187 326 48 438 12,899 4,040 250
Fiscal
Year
2009
97% 1,994,218 408 62 505 13,532 4,335 247
Public
Releases
Deaths/Near
Death
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In 2009, the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth (OCCY) began the process
of developing a new Oklahoma State Plan for Service for Children and Youth. The
OCCY Board approved one major change in the development of the new plan; to
create a four year plan rather than a one year plan. The new Oklahoma State Plan for
Services to Children and Youth is in effect for the 2009-2012 time period.
To develop the plan, the Office of Planning and Coordination facilitated an annual
systemic issue feedback process, which solicited identification of the highest priority
issues, needs, or barriers within child and family serving systems. Participants in the
process included the statewide Community Partnership Boards (CPBs), Oklahoma
Commission on Children and Youth Board (OCCY), Office of Juvenile System
Oversight, State Post Adjudication Review Advisory Board, Child Death Review Board,
and Family Perspectives Committee. The highest priority systemic issues identified
through this process were 1.) barriers to health care services that impede access and
utilization of primary and preventative care services, which include behavioral and
mental health care; 2.) deficiencies in custody services, which support successful
reintegration, transitioning, and reduction of recidivism, provided to youth in custody;
and 3.) a lack of community based service opportunities that create protective factors
and encourage a reduction of risky behaviors among youth, especially teen pregnancy
and school drop-out.
Based on the identified, highest priority, statewide systemic issues in child and family
serving systems, OCCY adopted goals and objectives for the Oklahoma State Plan for
Services to Children and Youth to address the systemic issues at both the state and
local level.
The 2009- 2012 State Plan for Services to Children and Youth is a four-year plan
and the goals and objectives in the plan include:
1. Increase Access to Health Care Services -
A. Establish a Health Access Network (HAN) in Canadian County
B. Explore and identify other possible community sites for HAN readiness and
establish at least two additional community projects
C. Develop and expand behavioral health services
D. Establish school-based behavioral health service programs
2. Improve Services to Youth in Custody and Transitioning Out of Custody –
A. Establish two pilot projects to strengthen custody services in facilities
B. Establish a Pilot Community-Based Transition Project in Jackson County
3. Develop and Expand Positive Youth Development Services –
A. Expand local capacity and resources for youth services programs and Positive
Youth Development activities
B. Develop local infrastructure to improve the quality and availability of early
childhood programs and services
C. Increase services for prevention of school drop-out and teen pregnancy, as well
as increasing supports to expecting teen parents
2009 - 2012 Oklahoma State Plan for Services to Children
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Office of Juvenile System Oversight
Purpose: The Office of Juvenile System Oversight (OJSO) has the responsibility to
investigate and report misfeasance and malfeasance within the children and youth ser-vice
system, to inquire into areas of concern, and to provide independent monitoring of
residential and non-residential services to children. The OJSO is to ensure that agen-cies
are complying with their established responsibilities, which include state and fed-eral
laws, applicable accrediting and licensing standards, policies and procedures, and
applicable court orders.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: The OJSO annually inspects every state-operated residential facil-ity
and conducts systemic reviews at all other privately operated residential facilities
that have children/adolescents as residents. The oversight agency also investigates
misfeasance and malfeasance and areas of concern within the children and youth ser-vice
system, including concerns of health and safety of state custody children in out-of-home
care. The OJSO assesses facility/agency/program compliance with established
responsibilities, contractual agreements, best practices, and the policies and proce-dures
of each agency and facility.
The OJSO staff of nine oversight specialists (Council on Law Enforcement Education
and Training or Council on Licensure Enforcement and Regulation Certified Investiga-tors)
respond to complaints, inquires, and requests for assistance and referrals from
Oklahoma families, victims of abuse, legislators, child advocates, and judges. The of-fice
logs thousands of hours each year to investigate, mediate, resolve, and/or refer to
appropriate parties. The oversight staff act as the independent set of eyes for the
State of Oklahoma to monitor and assure the safety and welfare of children.
The OJSO is the only state oversight organization that provides comprehensive and
independent monitoring of the children’s service system. Because the Commission
provides no direct services, the oversight reports are independent and without conflict
of interest. In a collaborative effort with the state agencies that are represented on the
Commission, the work of oversight serves a critical role identifying areas of concern
and means for system improvement.
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Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
Goal #1 Measure Outcome
Ensure all state-operated chil-dren’s
facilities comply with
established responsibilities of
all state-operated children’s
facilities to increase the likeli-hood
children will be safe and
receive proper care.
1. The actual number of site
visits made to state- oper-ated
facilities yearly.
Each public facility was visited
a minimum one time during
the fiscal year, thus improving
the likelihood that more chil-dren
would be safe and re-ceive
proper care. The OJSO
continued to document viola-tions
and areas of concerns
regarding resident quality of
life, quality of treatment, and
resident room confinement.
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
Ensure the safety of youth
who reside in all other public
and privately operated chil-dren’s
facilities, in accordance
with state statutes, licensing
standards, and contractual
requirements.
Designing and conducting
systemic oversight at private/
public children’s facilities.
1. The number of visits to
these facilities.
For FY’10, the OJSO con-ducted
48 site visits in private/
public residential facilities.
This number was reduced due
to the legislation passed in
2009 that authorized systemic
oversight at private facilities.
Goal #3 Measure Outcome
Conducts referral requests,
requests for assistance, and
investigations of all inquiries
alleging misfeasance and mal-feasance
and lack of compli-ance
with established respon-sibility
within the children and
youth service system.
1. The number of inquiries
received.
For FY’10, the OJSO received
326 inquiries.
Office of
Juvenile System
Oversight
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2001
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 10.4 789,455 763,977 745,000 751,119
General Revenue 0 134,990 134,990 0 0
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 2.3 265,555 752 285,000 285,000
Total 12.7 1,190,000 899,719 1,030,000 1,036,119
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Oklahoma Child Death Review Board
Purpose: The Oklahoma Child Death Review Board (CDRB) and Local Review
Teams have the mission to reduce preventable child fatalities through systematic mul-tidisciplinary
review of child fatalities and through data driven recommendations to im-prove
the policies, procedures, and practices within and among agencies that protect
and serve children. This includes recommendations about training needs for those
agencies needing to improve their practices and investigative techniques.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: These teams are uniquely qualified to understand what no single
agency or group working alone can: how and why children are dying in their commu-nity.
The Child Death Review Board provides a multidisciplinary approach to case review of
all child deaths as well as near deaths resulting from abuse or neglect, for the purpose
of reducing the number of preventable deaths. No other entity exists that provides this
type of comprehensive review on a statewide basis. Based on the reviews, statistical
information is then collected that can identify system failures and help change policies,
procedures and practices among the agencies that protect and serve the children of
Oklahoma.
Because of the CDRB’s efforts, child fatalities are more thoroughly analyzed. Most
mortality data analysis is based on death certificate information which is sometimes
incomplete, and therefore does not present a viable approach to assessing prevent-ability.
Studies that use death certificate information alone, only report how an individ-ual
died, not on the contributing factors. The CDRB reviews all contributing factors,
which improves the accuracy of the mortality data and identifies prevention strategies.
The comprehensive review includes: all records and reports pertaining to a child
whose case is under review such as the medical examiner’s report, records from the
hospital, school, court, prosecution, law enforcement, fire department, State Depart-ment
of Health, doctors, dentists, emergency medical services, and Department of Hu-man
Services.
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Goal #1 Measure Outcome
To identify any systemic
failures that occur in rela-tion
to a child death, or
near death so that these
failures will be addressed
and not occur in the future.
Review child death and
near death cases.
For FY 2010, 250 cases
were reviewed and closed.
70 near death cases were
reviewed and closed.
Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
Identify system failures in
relation to child deaths and
make annual recommenda-tions
to improve policies,
procedures, and practices
within agencies that serve
and protect children.
Number of recommenda-tions
made by OCCY.
31 recommendations were
submitted. The numbers
above only reflect policy
and procedure recommen-dations
and do not include
all the training recommen-dations
proposed.
Goal #3 Measure Outcome
Number of regional Boards
that provide strategic cover-age.
Create 4 regional boards to
cover the state.
Four regional boards are
operational.
Child Death
Review Board
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 0.00 114,686 102,270 107,805 110,035
General Revenue 0 0 0 0 0
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 7,946 0 14,827 14,827
Total 0.00 122,632 102,270 122,632 124,862
* OCCY contracts with the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center to operate
the CDRB Program.
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Board of Child Abuse Examination
Purpose: The Board of Child Abuse Examination is responsible for (1) establishing a
statewide system to provide expert medical evaluation of child abuse and neglect; and
(2) implementing a continuing training program for medical professionals in the area of
child abuse and neglect, as well as developing standards for medical evaluation of chil-dren
suspected of being abused. The Chief Child Abuse Examiner provides consulta-tion
services to physicians in matters relating to diagnosing and treating child abuse,
makes public presentations and assists other groups with training on child abuse. He
also consults with other medical personnel and the OJSO on cases of suspected child
abuse.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: This is a multi-agency interdisciplinary Board that provides training
to health care personnel on diagnosing and treating child abuse. Doctors, nurses, and
physician assistants also learn about the child protection and judicial systems.
Goal #1 Measure Outcome
Maintain a Chief Child
Abuse Examiner to coordi-nate
educational programs
and represent BCAE on
other boards and commit-tees,
and provide consulta-tion
to the Board and oth-ers.
Ensure compliance
with statute.
Chief Child Abuse Exam-iner
provides documenta-tion
of activities. Board
meets a minimum of 4
times per year.
In FY’10, the Board met 6
times.
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
Provide basic and ad-vanced
child abuse training
to healthcare providers.
Number of events, partici-pants;
evaluation results.
In FY’10, The Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect
provided two basic trainings
and one advanced training
attended by approximately
44 physicians, nurses and
other medical personnel.
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Board of Child
Abuse
Examination
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 0.00 56,921 53,291 53,506 58,506
General Revenue
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 3,996 115 7,411 7,411
Total 0.00 60,917 53,406 60,917 65,917
The OCCY contracts with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center to fund
the services of the Chief Child Abuse Examiner and provide the training.
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Goal # 1 Measure Outcome
All judicial districts and every
county will be served by
PARB.
Increase the number of coun-ties
with an operating review
board.
In CY’10, 49 counties were
served.
In CY’09, 50 counties were
served
Goal # 2 Measure Outcome
Every county served by PARB
will review every Deprived
court case once every six
months, in accordance with
Oklahoma Statute.
Increase the number of volun-teers
by 25.
In CY’10, the number of vol-unteers
decreased to 352.
In CY‘09, the number of vol-unteers
was 375.
Goal # 3 Measure Outcome
Each PARB will thoroughly
review every Deprived court
case and develop useful rec-ommendations
for the court.
Increase the number of volun-teers
who attend training each
year.
In CY’10, 111 volunteers were
involved in PARB training.
Post Adjudication Review Boards (PARBs)
Purpose: Post Adjudication Review Boards review the appropriateness of treatment goals,
permanency plans and services for children and families in Deprived and Delinquent court
cases. The boards develop recommendations following each review and serve in an advisory
capacity to the district court. At least one review board is mandated in every judicial district
and each board is comprised of volunteers from the community. These boards advocate for
and encourage public entities to secure safe and permanent homes for each child.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated by other
entities: The PARB program involves community volunteers in the review of confidential court
cases of children and youth in the Deprived and Delinquent court systems. The review boards
provide an unbiased oversight of each case and serve in an advisory capacity to the judges
handling each case. Following each case the review boards develop recommendations for the
court. The boards seek the best interests for each child and assist in ensuring children do not
languish in the foster care system.
In calendar year 2010, local review boards reported that 8,174 Oklahoma children benefited
from the review of a PARB. The boards reported that 299 Delinquent reviews were completed
and 6,223 Deprived cases were completed, for a total of 6522 reviews. Three hundred and
fifty-two volunteers gave 11,014 hours of service in the program. During the year 57 boards
served 49 counties.
Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
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A LOOK INTO PARB
“We implemented the Foster Care Review Board (now know as Post Adjudica-tion
Review Board) program on a Judicial District basis comprised of Lincoln
and Pottawatomie Counties, constituting the 23rd Judicial District at the time the
authorizing statute became effective in 1983.
In the intervening twenty years a strong, well-trained, dedicated board of volun-teers
has met monthly in the courthouse to study reports, interview parties, so-cial
workers, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), families, and occa-sionally
attorneys.
The many hours expended and miles driven ultimately resulted in each deprived
ward of the court receiving the judicial, legal, social, and related services re-quired
to rehabilitate and reunite the family and achieve permanency through
adoption, guardianship, or independent living in a timely manner.
The semi-annual (and more frequently, if indicated), review guarantees that
each child and family will enjoy expeditious rendition of service and no child gets
lost in the system.”
The Honorable Glenn Dale Carter, Retired
Post
Adjudication
Review Board
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 1.85 109,976 140,673 128,000 242,881
General Revenue
- Carryover 13,895 21,238 0 0
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care
Administration 96,176 30,511 95,000 68,000
Total 1.85 220,047 192,422 250,000 310,881
Contracts 0 0 0 27,000 0
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Jay Scott Brown
Member At-Large
Jerry Fry
Member At-Large
Tricia Howell
Ex-Officio, Department of Human
Services
The Honorable April Sellers White
Judicial Member
Sandra Brown
Active PARB
Terrica Grunewald
Vice Chair, Active PARB
Linda McDaniel
Member At-Large
Cindy Nocton
Member At-Large
The Honorable Dynda Post
Judicial Member
Holly Morris
Foster Parent
Melanie Johnson
Member At-Large
Destry Hawthorne
Active PARB
Julie Kennedy
Foster Parent
The Honorable Versteeg
Judicial Member
Carol Collins
Member At-Large
The Honorable A. J. Henshaw Jr.
Judicial Member
The Honorable Mark A. Moore
Judicial Member
Dortha Crews
Active PARB
Greg Delaney
Ex-Officio, OJA
Buddy Faye Foster
Active PARB
Lisa Lang
Active PARB, Chair
Mary Jo Wimbish
Active PARB
Holly Morris
Foster Parent
Davis Ross
Foster Parent
Sheryl Milton
Active PARB
James Cooper
Active PARB
Clara Cunningham
Active PARB
State Post Adjudication Review Advisory Board
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Office of Planning and Coordination
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, Office of Plan-ning
and Coordination, is unique in that it has the ability to provide site-based support
to local communities in addressing both local and state level issues facing children and
youth. The support services provided to communities are provided for the purposes of
improving the capacity of local entities to deliver services, solve problems, and gener-ate
resources. The Office of Planning and Coordination support services includes both
staff support and financial support for local initiatives, local social service systems,
state agencies, and non-profits in developing and implementing local plans through
community bases structures that improve services and outcomes for children, youth,
and their families. Staff support services provided to communities are both indirect and
direct. Indirect staff support services include training and development of community
boards and agency boards such as board leadership, board staff, and overall organiza-tional
operations. Staff also provides intensive, direct support to initiatives through co-ordination
of meetings, strategic plans, and local projects. The Office of Planning and
Coordination also provides financial support where no other financial support can be
identified, or as match funding to support board operations and community projects
that are aimed at improving the lives of children, youth, and families.
Not only does the Office of Planning and Coordination provide staff and financial sup-port
to local initiatives, the office also provides the same supports at the state level.
The office is responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of the
Oklahoma State Plan for Services to Children and Youth. The Oklahoma State Plan
for Services to Children and Youth is a collaboration of all local community partnership
boards and state agencies that affect services to children and youth in the state. Staff
provides direct coordination for task forces established to implement the plan and as-sists
in developing a budget for the plan implementation.
OCCY Community Partnership Board
FY 10 Special Project Descriptions and Award Amounts
Intensive Technical Assistance Projects –
Nine Community Partnerships Boards participated in Intensive Technical Assistance
services and projects offered through the Office of Planning and Coordination. Inten-sive
Technical Assistance services include direct staff support of boards, task forces,
sub-committees; project planning and coordination; leadership and staff development
and training; resource development training; and organizational development. In addi-tion
to direct staff support services, participating communities can request funding to
implement projects that improve services to children, youth and their families. The fol-lowing
is a list of Intensive Technical Assistance Communities and projects that re-ceived
funding support through the Office of Planning and Coordination:
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Texas County Community Partnership
Project objective: To increase the number of Licensed Professional Counselors
(LPC) to serve children and families in the Panhandle region
Project description: A project coordinator to oversee a collaborative agreement be-tween
Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) and Oklahoma Panhandle
State University (OPSU) for the expansion of an graduate Master’s of Counseling Psy-chology
program, which is an educational requirement for LPC’s, offered through
NWOSU at OPSU
Amount Awarded: $4,500.00
Community Resource Association of Johnston County
Project objective: To develop and expand educational and recreational opportunities
for children and youth in Johnston County
Project description: A project coordinator to oversee a collaborative agreement be-tween
Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, Johnston County Commission-ers,
OSU Extension of Johnston County, and Tishomingo Elementary to create a pilot,
school-based afterschool program
Amount Awarded: $4,500.00
Partners for Ottawa County Youth
Project objective: To increase parental involvement and education in Ottawa County
Project description: A project coordinator to strengthen parenting skills and create
opportunities for parenting support and activities through collaboration between Okla-homa
Commission on Children and Youth, ROCMND Area Youth Services, and United
Way
Amount Awarded: $2,500.00
Canadian County Coalition for Children and Families
Project objective: To increase access to health care services for Soonercare patients
Project description: A project coordinator to provide Early Periodic Screening, Diag-nosis,
and Treatment (EPSDT) coordination for primary care physicians and practices
in Canadian County through collaboration between Oklahoma Commission on Children
and Youth, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, and Canadian County Com-missioners
Amount Awarded: $2,000.00
Washington County Partnership for Community Service Board
ITA project funding supports were not provided this partnership in FY 2010
Friends of NW 10th Street of Oklahoma County
ITA project funding supports were not provided this partnership in FY 2010
Community Partners of Adair and Cherokee Counties
ITA project funding supports were not provided this partnership in FY 2010
Jackson County Community Health Action Team
ITA project funding supports were not provided this partnership in FY 2010
Wagoner Family Service Council
ITA project funding supports were not provided this partnership in FY 2010
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Community Partnership Board Activities
Caddo County Interagency Council
Project objectives: Develop leadership skills among youth and provide positive youth
development activities. Also engage youth to participate in groups such as 2M2L and
SWAT that address underage drinking.
Project description: To send youth to Caddo County Youth Leadership Retreat
Amount Awarded: $600.00
Custer-Washita Health Action Team (C-WHAT)
Project objectives: To continue to follow the action plan by supporting and monitor-ing
the Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Group and to continue to educate and support
the Social Host movement and to work toward implementation of Big Brothers/Big Sis-ters
of Custer County.
Project description: Action Plan Revitalization
Amount Awarded: $600.00
Community Alliance of Resources for Everyone
(C. A. R. E.) (Garvin and McClain Counties)
Project objectives: To teach youth how to identify healthy and unhealthy relation-ships
and also provide youth a forum to present possible solutions and programs from
areas identified from last year’s Youth Speak Out.
Project description: Healthy Relationship Workshop and Youth Speak Out
Amount Awarded: $1560.00
Success by Six Early Childhood Planning Council – Kay County
Project objectives: To increase awareness and understanding of the challenges of
poverty by providing a seminar that provides solutions that can be adopted by pro-grams,
staff and employees to better serve the lives of people in poverty and increase
positive outcomes.
Project description: Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop
Amount Awarded: $375.00
Sooner Success Major County
Project objectives: To raise public awareness about specific types of disabilities
through the distribution of a collection of special needs children’s books to various
waiting rooms in Major County and to allow parents with newly diagnosed children of
autism to learn from seasoned parents of children with autism spectrum disorder as
well as offer simple tools and strategies those parents can use to promote autism
awareness and peer acceptance.
Project description: Disability Awareness Project and Autism Spectrum Workshop
Amount Awarded: $251.20
McIntosh County Coalition for a Healthy Community
Project objectives: Provide staffing to support Community Partnership Board’s Youth
Coalition to coordinate and facilitate youth coalition meetings, and provide adult men-torship
role to leaders of the youth coalition.
Project description: Support of a Youth Coalition Staff Member
Amount Awarded: $1600.00
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Muskogee Youth Coalition
Project objectives: To recruit membership from each school district in Muskogee and
each coalition organization. They will meet three times a year when school is not in
session and will collect youth opinions on local issues, thus allowing them to represent
themselves in several media venues.
Project description: Youth Advisory Board
Amount Awarded: $600.00
Nowata County Resource Council
Project objectives: To bring awareness and prevention of bullying, drug abuse, teen
pregnancy, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Project description: Teen Odyssey Project
Amount Awarded: $500.00
Okfuskee County Community Partnership
Project Objectives: To provide opportunities for young people in Okfuskee County to
participate in youth-led positive youth development activities and to implement a Girl
Power and Wise Guys Conference to educate young people on a variety of social and
health issues.
Project Description: Girl Power/Wise Guys Youth Conference and Strategic Planning
Retreat
Amount Awarded: $1600.00
Osage County Community Partnership Board
Project objectives: To provide a weekend program in coordination with school dis-tricts
for three towns in Osage County to help improve concentration abilities and aca-demic
achievement for youth.
Project description: Osage Youth Weekend Project
Amount Awarded: $600.00
Smart Start Payne County
Project objective: Conduct a training session on the importance of physical health
through public awareness materials and pledge cards.
Project description: Stillwater Speaks Project
Amount Awarded: $600.00
Shawnee Asset Building Alliance (SABA) – Pottawatomie County
Project objective: To encourage youth to get involved in the planning and implemen-tation
of pro-social projects, and to empower Shawnee Youth Coalition members to de-velop
and implement projects that touch young people outside the membership and to
empower adults in Shawnee to change the norms around underage drinking.
Project description: Too Much To Lose Parent Campaign and the Shawnee Youth
Coalition Projects
Amount Awarded: $1955.00
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Rogers County Coalition
Project objectives: To develop, empower, and integrate community resources to pre-vent,
promote and/or address issues related to child abuse/neglect, substance abuse,
behavioral health and healthy lifestyles issues. Also identify and promote effective par-ent
training classes.
Project description: Life Skills Classes/Parent Effectiveness Training
Amount Awarded: $1540.00
Wagoner Family Service Council
Project objective: To provide physical activities for youth and encourage healthy eat-ing;
sponsor two youth leadership development opportunities teaching youth drug
awareness/prevention and financial literacy; to provide Grandparents raising Grand-children
and caregivers a resource fair with educational and support referrals as well
as connecting older adults with the community; to provide a free Fun Day at the City
Park with information available of where there may be gaps in services available in the
county; and a Health Committee to encourage a healthy diet, educate the county on
services available to those with health problems.
Project description: Kids Zone Relay for Life, Wagoner Area Youth Understanding
and Preventing (WAYUP) Conference, Connecting Older Adults and Communities for
Health (COACH), Family Fun Day, and Health Committee
Amount Awarded: $600.00
Partners Acting As Change Agents (PACA) – Woodward County
Project objective: Service providers will learn strategies to develop culturally sensi-tive
service plans, improve their understanding of cultural needs, and to be sensitive
when working with families from other cultures.
Project description: Building Bridges or Walls – Training for Professionals
Amount Awarded: $1000.00
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Goal #1 Measure Outcome
Facilitation of interagency ef-forts
to increase local commu-nications
while improving ser-vices
to children and youth.
Increase interagency efforts
through coordinated local
meetings that increase com-munication
and enhance ser-vice
delivery at the local inter-agency
level.
438 CPB meetings were held
throughout the state in FY’10.
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
Develop community partner-ship
boards (CPBs) with focus
on planning and implementa-tion
of services to children and
youth.
Number of new community
partnership boards.
In FY’10, there were a total of
45 boards representing 44
counties.
Goal #3 Measure Outcome
Assist in developing and im-plementing
the State Plan for
Services to Children and
Youth according to recom-mendations
and budget limita-tions.
Percent of recommendations
adopted into state plan.
A State Plan for Services to
Children and Youth was de-veloped
utilizing recommen-dations
from community part-nerships,
state level groups
and citizens. 100% of the
CPB’s recommendations were
adopted by OCCY.
Goal #4 Measure Outcome
Test model programs and
demonstration projects for
children and their families.
Number of model programs
funded.
In FY’10, 9 communities
worked on Intensive Technical
Assistance projects and re-ceived
$13,500 in demonstra-tion
project funding through
Planning and Coordination.
Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
Office of
Planning and
Coordination
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 3.7 307,850 246,598 293,000 295,350
General Revenue 30,709 67,282 0 0
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 1.0 70,153 151 155,000 155,000
Total 4.7 408,712 314,031 448,000 450,350
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Statewide Collaborative Efforts
Examples of the types of programs that the OCCY has funded to meet the third statu-tory
mandate are listed below.
Study of Incarcerated Women and Their Children
In 2004, Senate Joint Resolution Forty-Eight (SJR 48), directed OCCY to take the lead
and work with the Departments of Human Services, Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services and Corrections, to study the living conditions of children of incarcer-ated
women and make reports with recommendations that will help break the destruc-tive
cycles and restore the opportunities for children to live healthy and productive
lives. In 2005, OCCY issued three reports and developed recommendations, that
when implemented, would reduce the trauma children suffer as a result of the incar-ceration
of their mothers. In 2006, OCCY issued an updated report and began working
with the University of Oklahoma on follow-up studies. OCCY continues to work with
DOC, DHS and DMHSAS to generate interest and funds for a diversion project for
women with children. In 2007, follow-up studies were completed and issued in March
2008 and November 2008. Dr. Susan Sharp has committed her resources to expand
this study to collect more specific information from caretakers of the children. In 2010,
OCCY turned its attention to the living arrangements of children of incarcerated
parents.
The 2010 report begins to answer many of the questions related to the children such
as how many children are effected? Where are they? Who is supporting them? What
are the unique issues that they face? Surprisingly only 5 % of the children are in foster
care. This means that the vast majority are placed with relatives or friends where ac-cess
to services is limited by a bureaucratic system and the stigma of being the child of
a parent who is in jail.
The 2010 study incorporated the eight traumatic childhood events outlined in the Ad-verse
Child Experience (ACE) study conducted by Vincent Felitti. The eight events are:
emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, growing up in a household with some-one
with a drug or alcohol problem, growing up in a household with someone with a
mental illness, growing up in a household with someone being incarcerated, growing
up without one of the biological parents in the household or growing up with the mother
being treated violently. The women interviewed reported significantly more traumatic
childhood experiences than women who have not been incarcerated. This in effect
creates a cyclical pattern resulting in the children of incarcerated women being more
likely to suffer from trauma and be incarcerated themselves.
Some of the key findings are as follows:
 Approximately 1/3 of the caretakers reported that the Department of Human
Services had lost their paperwork to be considered as a placement for the
child. This resulting in an unnecessary bureaucratic time delay for the child
being placed.
 The study also suggests that instead of incarceration being a deterrent to
criminal activity, it seemed to serve as an accelerant for some families. Spe-cifically,
this was evidenced by the intergenerational imprisonment. Approxi-mately
28% of the mothers reported that their parents had been imprisoned,
while 18% reported that their children had been in trouble with the law.
When the researcher applied the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE)
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scores to the incarcerated mothers, it was found that approximately 20% of
the incarcerated women had an ACE score of 6 or higher. Approximately
50% of the women surveyed had an ACE score of 4 or higher. (0-8 range)
The higher the ACE score the more likely the person will suffer from
“organic disease, social malfunction, and mental illness”.
 Approximately 50% of the mothers reported that they have had children with
different fathers.
Joint Oklahoma Information Network (JOIN)
JOIN and 2-1-1 centers across the state are collaborating to combine regional re-source
directories, which contain services and provider information to form one state-wide
resource directory. The statewide directory can be found at the Join Website
www.join.ok.gov.
Access to Health
The Canadian County Coalition for Children and Families, in partnership with the Ca-nadian
County Gary E. Miller Children’s Justice Center, Oklahoma Health Care Author-ity,
Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth and The University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center have funded a care coordinator who works to increase access
to health care for children, youth and families in Canadian County. The “Access to
Health Care” project objectives are designed to:
 increase the number of physicians and dentists who will take Medicaid;
 increase EPSDT screenings by working with Canadian County physicians, DHS
and Soonercare, and the community; and
 reduce barriers to medical services and increase access to health and dental-care.
The project employs a part-time coordinator who works with doctors and patients to
increase access and utilization of preventive heath care.
Demonstration
Projects
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 28,109 39,321 1,000 1,000
General Revenue 64,765 58,494 0 0
Contracts,
Refunds, etc. 247,723 12,364 100,000 100,000
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 2.0 24,360 0 289,000 289,000
Total 2.0 364,957 110,179 390,000 390,000
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Joint Oklahoma Information Network (JOIN)
The OCCY is the coordinating agency in the development and implementation of the
internet-accessible data sharing system. Thirteen agencies signed an interagency
agreement that allows for the sharing of data across agency boundaries for information
and referral, single-point of entry, and policy analysis and research.
Two key components of JOIN are the on-line internet accessible Community Resource
Directory and the Eligibility Questionnaire. These tools reside on the JOIN website at
www.join.ok.gov. The website received an average of 125,932 hits per month in
FY’10.
The Eligibility Questionnaire is a free confidential tool that links people to state pro-grams
and agencies that provide the resources they are seeking. By answering a few
simple questions, citizens can view a list of services and information about how to ap-ply
for assistance. Currently, the Eligibility Questionnaire provides access to over 30
programs spread across seven state agencies.
The Community Resource Directory is a free web-based directory that helps individu-als
locate public and private services and programs statewide and in their local com-munities.
The Community Resource Directory received over 1,511,187 inquiries in
FY’10. The programs searched most frequently were food pantries, utilities, and rent
assistance.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: One of the unique aspects of JOIN is the range of participating
agencies, which includes those that manage workforce development initiatives, as well
as children and family services. This alliance enables partners to share costs and re-sources
more efficiently. The OCCY is responsible for managing a thirteen-state
agency effort to provide a statewide online Resource Directory, an eligibility question-naire
for over 30 different services and a database for state agencies to combine data.
JOIN has partnered with 211 and other call centers in the state to ensure up-to-date
and complete information about services and resources in the state.
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Goal #1 Measure Outcome
Through the collaboration
with the Oklahoma 2-1-1’s,
JOIN will expand it’s state-wide
database for informa-tion
and referral process.
Expansion of database and
number of records obtained
annually.
In FY’10, the JOIN data-base
was increased to
20,733 records of Agencies
and programs.
Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
Provide access to all state
agencies and the public via
the internet to the JOIN
website.
Number of hits to Resource
Directory (Any connection
to this site).
In FY’10, 1,511,187 hits
were made.
Goal #3 Measure Outcome
To make aggregate data
available to agencies, ser-vice
providers, and the
Oklahoma State Legislature
to be utilized for planning,
research, outcome evalua-tion,
and service coordina-tion
Continue the development
of the Data Repository and
develop Pilot Projects to
demonstrate its effective-ness.
Production complete. Ap-plication
went live in FY’10.
Joint
Oklahoma
Information
Network
FY
20011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 2.9 234,687 167,904 338,000 339,272
General Revenue
- Carryover 242,999 205,354 125,000 0
Federal Medicaid .4 57,717 46,329 57,371 41,559
Total 3.3 535,403 419,587 520,371 380,831
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Sooner Start/Interagency Coordinating Council
(ICC)
Purpose: The purpose of the Oklahoma Interagency Coordinating Council for Early
Childhood Intervention is to advise and assist agencies to create, implement and sup-port
a statewide system of early intervention services for children birth to age three
with disabilities and their families. Its purpose is to provide a vehicle for assuring a
comprehensive coordinated system that is family-centered, home, and community-based,
interagency, individualized, and culturally sensitive.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: Under Part C of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA), each state must have an advisory board made up of parents, public and
private providers, legislators, and representatives from state agencies that provide for
early intervention services. The ICC is the vital component to ensure services are not
only available but are cost effective and based on best practices in early intervention.
The interagency collaborative service design and implementation of SoonerStart have
been recognized nationally by the U.S. Department of Education as one of the best
early intervention models in the nation. All partners, including the State Departments
of Education, Health, Human Services, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services,
the University of Oklahoma’s Tolbert Center, and the Oklahoma Commission on Chil-dren
and Youth work together to ensure the early intervention services are effective,
easily accessible and cost effective.
The family-centered, culturally sensitive nature of services address family needs and
the individual needs of each child in SoonerStart. Parents, service providers, and the
ICC are partners in the decisions made regarding how services are designed and de-livered.
Approximately 12,899 infants and toddlers received screening, evaluation, assess-ments,
and services because of a possible delay or disability. SoonerStart is Okla-homa’s
answer to providing early intervention services to children with developmental
delays. SoonerStart is the only early intervention entitlement program available in
Oklahoma. Services are designed to meet the developmental needs of each eligible
child and the needs of the family related to enhancing the child’s development.
 Assistive Technology/assistive tech-nology
services
 Audiology
 Screening and assessment services
 Family training, counseling and home
visits
 Health services
 Medical services for diagnostic and
evaluation purposes
 Nursing services
 Nutrition services
 Occupational therapy
 Physical therapy
 Psychological services
 Service coordination
 Social worker services
 Special instruction
 Speech language pathology
 Vision services
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Goal #1 Measure Outcome
A timely comprehensive mul-tidisciplinary
evaluation will be
included for each child, birth
through age two, who is re-ferred
to the SoonerStart pro-gram
for evaluation.
SoonerStart Comprehensive
Quality Assurance process,
Annual self-assessment proc-ess.
Percent of referred children
who received an evaluation.
In FY 2010, 100% of the
SoonerStart records reflect
that the Battelle Developmen-tal
Inventory (BDI) was admin-istered
in all 5 developmental
domains at the time of the ini-tial
evaluation. Between July
2009 and June 30, 2010,
SoonerStart received 8,583
referrals.
Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
On the December 1 child
count, SoonerStart will serve
at least 2.09 % of the popula-tion
(ages 0 to 3).
This is a point in time count of
infants and toddlers being
served, not a cumulative
count.
% of population served. On December 1, 2009, 1.85%
of children had an active
IFSP.¹ Individual Family Ser-vice
Plan.
During FY2010, a total of
12,899 children were served.
A cumulative count of all chil-dren
referred, screened,
evaluated and received ser-vices.
Interagency
Coordinating
Council
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 150,525
General Revenue
- Carryover
Federal—Infants
and Toddlers with
disabilities 0 166,146 158,140 0 0
Total 2.0 228,891 198,352 149,351 150,525
Federal—Title IV
E. Foster Care 2.0 0 0 149,351 0
Goal #3 Measure Outcome
The Interagency Coordinating
Council Subcommittees will
have family members.
% of ICC committees In FY 2010 all of the ICC
Committees had family mem-ber
participation. The ICC
also created a family Leader-ship
committee which cur-rently
has eight family mem-bers.
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Governor Appointed Parents Head Start Agency
Tara Lozano-Ford Paula Brown
Term Ends: 01/01/2014 End s: 01/0 1/2012 Amy Owens Legislative Representatives
Term Ends: 01/01/2014
Senator Sean Burrage
Heather Pike Ends : 01/01 /2011 Term Ends: 01/01/2013
Jean nie Mc Daniel Lathonya Shive rs Term Ends: 01/01/2009
Term Ends: 01/01/2014
Tammy Rogers
Term Ends: 01/01/2013
Agency Representatives
Others Appointed by the Governor
Misty Kimbrough
Renée Kiel State Department of Education
Term Ends: 01/01/2011
Edd Rhoades
Lynn mboR-Jaones State Department Healotfh
Term Ends: 01/01/2009
Raymond Haddock
Service Providers Department of Human Services
Marti Ferretti Amy Chlouber, representing the
Term Ends: 01/01/2012 Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services
Shari Kinney
Term Ends: 01/01 /2013 ri tz Oklahoma Health Care Authority
Jim Lewis
Term Ends: 01/01/2012 Frank Stone
Oklahoma Insurance Department
Jan Matthews
Term Ends: 01/01/2011
Kermit McMurry
Term Ends: 01/01/2013
Interagency Coordinating Council for
Early Childhood Intervention
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Oklahoma Areawide Services Information System (OASIS)
Purpose: The primary purpose of OASIS is to provide free statewide information, re-ferrals
and assistance to Oklahoma children and adults with disabilities and special
health care needs that will help them in locating available services and resources in
their area that will help meet their needs.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: OASIS specializes in resources for children and adults with disabili-ties
and their families. OASIS houses the Oklahoma Respite Resource Network, a
statewide collaborative of agencies, organizations and individuals working to increase
the availability of respite in Oklahoma. The goals below reflect the OCCY line items for
OASIS.
Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
Goal #1 Measure Outcome
Provide people in need of
assistance with accurate
information as well as ap-propriate
referrals.
Number of referrals. In FY’10, OASIS provided
9,893 referrals.
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
Provide access via Internet
to the OASIS service pro-gram
directory.
Number of visits to website.
A visit can be defined as an
interaction with a website.
Statistics were compiled
from monthly web analysis
run by OUHSC server.
In FY’10, there were 20,000
visits to the OASIS website.
Oklahoma
Areawide
Service
Information
System
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 66,864 66,864 62,852 67,544
General Revenue
- Carryover 0 0
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 3,520 520 7,532 7,532
Total 0.00 70,384 67,384 70,384 75,076
* OCCY contracts with the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center to operate
the OASIS Program.
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Juvenile Personnel Training Program (JPTP)
Purpose: Funded through a line item in the Oklahoma Commission on Children and
Youth budget since 1983, the Juvenile Personnel Training Program (JPTP), a program
of The University of Oklahoma National Resource Center for Youth Services (NRCYS),
provides ongoing, high-quality competency-based training, resources, and trainers for
human services personnel in Oklahoma's public and private not-for-profit child serving
organizations.
JPTP training is geared to Oklahoma’s youth-serving professionals, paraprofessionals,
and volunteers in public and private child welfare, youth service, juvenile justice, and
prevention services. It is designed to improve effectiveness of services to Oklahoma
children, youth and their families. Agencies participating in training with JPTP are bet-ter
able to meet licensing and accreditation standards in a cost efficient manner.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: Nearly three decades of dedication to timely, relevant programming
has made JPTP one of the nation’s most respected and comprehensive programs of
its kind in the United States. Without the JPTP program, many of Oklahoma’s public
and private nonprofit agencies would have difficulty meeting their licensing and ac-creditation
standards in regard to training. JPTP provides essential training for the chil-dren
and youth service system. In FY’09, 4,198 personnel received training from
JPTP, making them better equipped to work effectively with Oklahoma children and
their families who, due to poverty and lack of adequate resources will potentially re-quire
the support of a non-profit, youth serving agency.
JPTP’s relationship with NRCYS assures the unique provision of training that would be
difficult, if not impossible to duplicate. First, the extensive amount of work done na-tionally
by NRCYS staff provides access to current trends, leaders in the field of youth
work, and state of the art curriculum and practice. This knowledge adds to the training
received by Oklahoma’s youth service providers who, due to budget constraints of their
own, rarely have access to training opportunities outside of Oklahoma. Secondly, ac-cess
to the national trainers housed at NRCYS adds to the training schedule in the
face of budget cuts. As mentioned earlier the program is funded at 2.15 FTE’s. It
would be next to impossible to provide for the scheduled workshops, and respond to
the increase in on-site training requests in a cost effective manner without access to
this extensive training resource. In addition, OCCY is able to leverage federal IV-E
funding, based on the training activities of JPTP, thus increasing the amount of training
available to the youth serving agencies in Oklahoma.
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JPTP training can be accessed two specific ways. A large number of trainings are pro-vided
on a regional basis in Tulsa or Oklahoma City. These trainings are especially
effective in providing cost effective training for specific agency personnel. For exam-ple,
staff that is required to maintain a license in order to provide services finds JPTP a
reliable source to meet the 20 hour requirement without placing a financial burden on
the agency.
However, it has been found that simply providing regional training is not as effective
with all agency personnel, direct care workers for example. JPTP has been able to
reach more direct care staff by bringing this much needed training directly to agencies.
This has shown to be especially effective in providing training to those agencies in ru-ral
areas in Oklahoma. JPTP has increased its efforts to offer consultation and techni-cal
assistance to assure agencies receive the training that best fit their needs and spe-cific
program goals. It is felt that this type of service delivery assists agencies in build-ing
capacity rather than simply meeting training hours requirements.
JPTP will continue to build on the collaborative efforts built with other Oklahoma agen-cies
and programs. These collaborations have already provided new, more effective
ways to deliver services to more eligible agencies and have maximized training dollars.
Goal #1 Measure Outcome
Provide training events
based on results of Okla-homa
public and nonprofit
agency needs assess-ments.
Number of events 86 trainings were con-ducted
in FY’10.
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
T r a i n p a r t i c i p a n t s
(Oklahoma service provid-ers
working with children,
youth and families) to in-crease
their knowledge and
skills.
Number of participants;
training evaluations.
4,198 participants received
training in FY’10.
In FY’09, 4,335 participants
received training.
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
To increase the skills and
knowledge of participants
of JPTP events measured
through evaluations.
Percent of participants re-porting
an increase in
knowledge and skills.
96% of participants in
FY’10 reported an increase
in skills and knowledge.
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Juvenile
Personnel
Training
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 126,679 126,679 113,124 113,124
General Revenue
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 75,000 74,763 103,555 103,555
Total 0.00 201,679 201,442 216,679 216,679
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Appendix A
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Appendix B
Public Juvenile Facilities
APPENDIX B
Name of Facility Location Phone Number Ages Accepted Gender
Training Schools
L. E. Rader Center Sand Springs 918-246-8000 12 thru 18 Male
Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center Tecumseh 405-598-2135 12 thru 18 Male/Female
Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center Manitou 580-397-3511 13 thru 19 Male
Emergency Shelters
Laura Dester Shelter Tulsa 918-728-6700 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Pauline E. Mayer Shelter Oklahoma City 405-767-2750 Birth to 17 Male/Female
Mental Health Facility/Residential Treatment Center (RTC)
Childrens Recovery Center of Oklahoma
(formerly Norman Adolescent Center & Oklahoma Youth Center) Norman 405-573-3819 13 thru 17 Male/Female
Detention Centers
Beckham County Juvenile Detention Center Elk City 580-225-1001 13 thru 17 Male/Female
Bryan County Regional Juvenile Detention Center Durant 580-920-2030
10 or younger thru 18,
OJA referred Male/Female
Canadian County Juvenile Detention Center
(within Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children's Justice Center) El Reno 405-262-6111 12 thru 18 Male/Female
Cleveland County Regional Juvenile Detention Center Norman 405-447-8581 11 thru 17 Male/Female
Comanche County Regional Juvenile Detention Center Lawton 580-357-2250 12 thru 17 Male/Female
Craig County Juvenile Detention Center Vinita 918-256-6488 10 up to 18 Male/Female
Garfield County Regional Juvenile Detention Center Enid 580-234-3347 9 thru 17 Male/Female
LeFlore County Juvenile Detention Center Talihina 918-567-3393 12 thru 18 Male/Female
Muskogee County Regional Juvenile Detention Center Muskogee 918-683-3696 11 thru 17 Male/Female
Northwest Oklahoma Juvenile Detention Facility Woodward 580-256-4400 13 thru 18 Male/Female
Oklahoma County Juvenile Detention Center Oklahoma City 405-713-6475 10 thru 17 Male/Female
Osage County Detention Center Pawhuska 918-287-2881 12 thru 18 Male/Female
Pittsburg County Regional Detention Center McAlester 918-426-1585 13 thru 18 Male/Female
Pottawatomie County Regional Juvenile Detention Center Shawnee 405-273-6531 13 thru 18 Male/Female
Sac and Fox Nation Juvenile Detention Center Stroud 918-968-4279 12 thru 18 Male/Female
Texas County Juvenile Detention Center Hooker 580-652-2933 10 thru 18 Male/Female
Tulsa County Juvenile Detention Center Tulsa 918-596-5960 10 thru 17 Male/Female
Group Homes
Cedar Canyon Adventure Program Weatherford 580-343-2132 16 to 19 Male
Deborah Rothe Group Home Oklahoma City
405-524-4524 or
405-525-6740 13 thru 18 Female
Salt Fork Adventure Program Nash 580-839-2320 12 thru 18 Male
Foss Lake Adventure Program Foss 580-592-4444 13 thru 18 Male
Lawton Adventure Program Lawton 580-357-5435 12 thru 18 Male
Pauline E. Mayer Group Home Oklahoma City 405-601-2337 13 thru 18 Female
Tenkiller Adventure Program Park Hill 918-457-5125 13 thru 18 Male
Other State Schools
Oklahoma School for the Blind Muskogee 918-781-8200 Preschool thru 12th grade Male/Female
Oklahoma School for the Deaf Sulphur 580-622-4900 2 to 21 Male/Female
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics Oklahoma City 405-521-6436 11th & 12th grade Male/Female
Thunderbird Youth Academy Pryor
918-824-4850 &
877-295-0932 16 to 18 Male/Female
Special Care Facility
B ‐ 1
Private Juvenile Facilities
J. D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities Norman 405-307-2800 Infancy to 21 Male/Female
Intermediate Care Facility
The Children’s Center Bethany 405-789-6711 Birth to18 Male/Female
Residential Facilities
Marland Children's Home, formerly American Legion Home Ponca City 580-762-4156 11 to 18 Male/Female
Baptist Children’s Home for Girls Madill 580-564-2218
4 to 18 (group home and
independent living) Female
Baptist Children’s Home Oklahoma City 405-691-7781 Girls 2 to 18, Boys 2 to 8 Male/Female
Oklahoma Baptist Children’s Home Owasso 918-272-2233
school age up to 18 and
pregnant teens & teen
mothers & their babies Male/Female
Boys Ranch Town Edmond 405-341-3606 7 to 15 Male
Brush Creek Youth Ranch Jay 918-435-8206 13 to 18 Male
Cookson Hills Christian School Kansas 918-597-2192 5 to 18 Male/Female
Genesis Project, Inc. Jones 405-396-2942 6 to 12 Male
Goodland Academy Hugo 580-326-7568
6 to 13 admitting, allowed
to stay to stay until 18,
unless independent living Male
Hope Harbor Children's Home and Family Ministries Claremore 918-343-0003 9 to 17 Male/Female
Lakeside Home Tulsa 918-591-6015 13 to 18 Male/Female
Murrow Indian Children’s Home Muskogee 918-682-2586 school age to 18 Male/Female
New Lifehouse-Teen Challenge Disney 918-435-8206 13 to 18 Female
Oaks Indian Mission Oaks 918-868-2196 5 to 18 Male/Female
Oklahoma Lions Boys Ranch Perkins 405-547-2462 12 to 18 Male
Sand Springs Home Sand Springs 918-245-6900 6 to 18 Male/Female
Speck Homes Oklahoma City 405-239-7101 13 to 17.5 Male
The Tipton Home, Inc. Tipton 580-667-5221 5 to 18 Male/Female
Tulsa Boys Home Sand Springs 918-245-0231 13 to 18 Male
United Methodist Boys Ranch-Circle of Care Gore 918-487-5281 13 through graduation Male
United Methodist Children’s Home-Circle of Care Tahlequah 918-456-6166
12 to 18, and college age
youth Female
Westview Boys Home Hollis 580-688-9281 12 to 18 Male
Willow Springs Boys Ranch Chandler 405-258 5176 7 to 12 Male
Emergency Shelters
Area Youth Shelter, Inc. Ada 580-436-6130 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Cherokee Nation Youth Services Tahlequah 918-458-4440 12 to 17 Male/Female
Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes Emergency Youth Shelter Concho 405-422-7577 Tribal members Birth to 17 Male/Female
Community Children’s Shelter & Family Services Center, Inc. Ardmore 580-226-1838 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Creek County Youth Services Sapulpa 918-227-2622 5 to 18 Male/Female
Crossroads Youth & Family Services/Cleveland County Emergency Youth Shelter Norman 405-321-0240 Birth to 17 Male/Female
Ft. Sill/Apache Emergency Youth Shelter Apache 580-588-2296 Birth to 17 Male/Female
J. Roy Dunning Children’s Shelter Lawton unpublished Birth to 12 Male/Female
Kiamichi Youth Services, Inc. Idabel 580-286-2311 Birth to 18 Male/Female
B ‐ 2
Private Juvenile Facilities
LeFlore County Youth Services, Inc. Poteau 918-647-4196 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Maudie Hirschi Children's Shelter (formerly Logan County Youth & Family Services ) Guthrie 405-282-5524 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Marie Detty Youth and Family Services Lawton 580-248-6450 12 to 18 Male/Female
Mid-Del Youth Emergency Shelter Midwest City 405-424-0177 Birth thru 17 Male/Female
Muskogee County Council of Youth Services Muskogee 918-682-2841 11 to 17 Male/Female
Northern Oklahoma Youth Services Center & Shelter Ponca City 580-762-8341 10 thru 17 Male/Female
Payne County Youth Services Stillwater 405-377-1452 9 to 18 Male/Female
Rogers County Youth Services Claremore 918-341-7580 8 to 18 Male/Female
Southwest Youth & Family Services Chickasha 405-222-5437
12 to 18, any age for
outpatient drug and
rehabilitive services Male/Female
Southwestern Youth Services, Inc. Altus 580-482-2809 6 to 22 Male/Female
Western Plains Youth & Family Services, Inc. Woodward 580-256-8931 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Youth & Family Resource Center Shawnee 405-275-3340 Birth to 17 Male/Female
Youth & Family Services, Inc. El Reno 405-262-6555 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Youth & Family Services of North Central Oklahoma Enid 580-233-7220 4 to 18 Male/Female
Youth and Family Services of Washington County Bartlesville 918-335-1111 7 to 18 Male/Female
Youth Emergency Shelter Eufaula 918-689-2900 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Youth Emergency Shelter, Inc. McAlester 918-423-8845 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Youth Services for Oklahoma County/Family Junction Oklahoma City 405-272-0726 12 thru 17 Male/Female
Youth Services for Stephens County Duncan 580-252-3060 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Youth Services of Bryan County Durant 580-924-6263 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Youth Services of Osage County Pawhuska 918-287-2881 10 up to 18 Male/Female
Youth Services of Tulsa Tulsa 918-582-0061 12 to 18 Male/Female
Group Homes
Ft. Reno Adolescent Center, Behavioral Health Services, Gary E. Miller Canadian County
Children's Justice Center El Reno 405-262-0202 13 to 17½ Male/Female
Ki Bois Krebs 918-429-0456 12 to 17 Female
Lighthouse Group Home Norman 405-307-0342 13 to 18 Male
Marie Detty/Parker Pointe Level D+ Group Home Lawton 580-248-6470 13 to 17 Female
Norman Adolescent Group Home Norman 405-573-1008 13 to 18 Male
People, Inc. Level D + Sallisaw 918-775-7787 11 to 17 Male
People, Inc. Level E Sallisaw 918-775-7787 13 to 18 Male
People Inc. (has 2 programs in Tahlequah: 1 is for Autistic and the other if for Child Welfare and DDSD) Tahlequah 918-775-7787 11 to 18 Male
Realations Community Services of Oklahoma Tulsa 918-447-0880 8 to 18 Male/Female
ROCMND Group Home (operated by ROCMND Area Youth Services, 918-256-7518) Miami 918-542-3107 12 to 18 Male
Sequoyah Enterprises, Inc. Level D Bartlesville 918-333-3764 12 to 18 Female
Sequoyah Enterprises, Inc. Level E Group Home Chickasha 405-222-2768 14 to 18 Female
Sequoyah Enterprises, Inc. Level D Grove 918-787-6933 12 to 17 Male
Sequoyah Enterprises, Inc. Level E Lawton 580-357-7400 13 thru 18 Male
Sequoyah Enterprises, Inc. Level E Enid 580-233-5844 13 to 18 Male
Sequoyah Enterprises, Inc. Level D Wayne 405-449-3219 14 to 17 Male
The Cornerstone Norman 405-573-1000 13 to 18 Male
Varangon Academy Level E (formerly listed as Youth Habitation Center) Norman 405-701-8530 13 to 17 Male
White Fields, Inc. Piedmont 405-302-5123 8 to 12 admittance, to 19 Male
Maternity Homes
B ‐ 3
Private Juvenile Facilities
Catholic Charities Holy Family Maternity Home Midwest City 405-741-7419
Pregnant girls age 12 to 17
and their babies
Grace Cottage Crisis Pregnancy Center Poteau 918-649-3737 Pregnant girls up to age 18
*Specialized Community Homes
Bamborough Home Edmond
Dash Home Altus
Franks Home Durant
Mitchell Home El Reno
Morrison Home Muskogee
Parnell Home Muskogee
Pendergrass Home Stigler
Perry Home Wyandotte
Ramsey Home Okmulgee
Stanfield Home Konawa
Swicegood Home Miami
Thomas Home Oklahoma City
* Specialized Community Homes are private homes that are contracted with the Office of Juvenile Affairs and the Department of Human Services.
Private Residential Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Facilities
Acute Care and Residential Treatment Centers (RTC)
Cedar Ridge Treatment Facility (Acute and RTC) Oklahoma City 405-605-6111 6 to 18 Male/Female
Hilcrest Medical Center (Acute and RTC) (formerly listed as OSU Medical Center) Tulsa 918-599-5880 3 to 18 Male/Female
Integris Bass Baptist Health/Meadow Lake (Acute and RTC) Enid 800-759-2211 5 to 18 Male/Female
Integris Mental Health/Adolescent 1 (Acute and RTC) Spencer 405-427-2441 12 to 17 Male/Female
Integris Mental Health/Child 1 & 2 (Acute and RTC) Spencer 405-427-2441 5 to 12 Male/Female
Integris Mental Health/Adolescent 2 (Acute and RTC) Spencer 405-427-2441 12 to17 Male/Female
Integris Mental Health/Star 1 Program (Acute and RTC) Spencer 405-427-2441 11 to 14 Male/Female
Integris Mental Health/Star 2 Program (RTC) Spencer 405-427-2441 5 to 11 Male/Female
Integris Mental Health/Star 3 Program (Acute and RTC) Spencer 405-427-2441 5 to 11 Male/Female
Cherokee Nation Jack Brown Youth Regional Treatment Center Tahlequah 918-453-5500 Tribal members 13 to 18 Male/Female
Laureate Psychiatric Hospital (Eating Disorders Only) Tulsa 918-481-4060 13 and up inpatient Female
Moccasin Bend Ranch (RTC) Miami
918-542-1836/
800-950-7577 13 thru 17 Male/Female
Morning Star A.T.U. (RTC) Marietta 580-276-5443 13 to 18 Female
Parkside Psychiatric Hospital and Clinic Tulsa
918-588-8888(crisis)
918-582-2131 (main)
10 to 17 for adolescent
Acute, 6-17 for residential Male/Female
Rose Rock Academy (formerly listed asThe Camelot Schools - Autism Spectrum & MRMI) Oklahoma City 405-548-1280 5 to 17 Male/Female
Shadow Mountain Behavioral Health System/Eagle Creek Kansas 918-597-3623 12 to 17 Male
Shadow Mountain Behavioral Health System (Acute and RTC) Tulsa 918-492-8200 4 to 17 Male/Female
Shadow Mountain Hope Unit Tulsa 918-289-0990 12 to 17 Male/Female
Shadow Mountain Riverside (RTC) Tulsa 918-492-8200 4 thru 17 Male/Female
Riverside has 2 programs – Reactive attachment disorder program for male/female, age 4-12 – Dual diagnosis program for male/female, age 13-17
Southern Plains Treatment Services (RTC) Norman 405-217-8400 12 to 17 MaleFemale
Southwestern Behavioral Health (Acute and RTC) Lawton 580-536-0077 5 to 18 Male/Female
St. Anthony Hospital (Acute) Oklahoma City 405-272-6216 5 to 17, sometimes 4 Male/Female
St. Anthony Hospital (RTC) Oklahoma City 405-272-6216 8.5 to 17 Male/Female
B ‐ 4
Private Juvenile Facilities
St. Anthony Hospital Accents Program for Mental Retardation/Mental Illness Oklahoma City 405-272-4900 9 thru 17 Male/Female
St. Anthony Hospital Human Restorations Oklahoma City 405-272-4955 12 thru 17 Male/Female
St. Anthony South Campus/Positive Outcomes Oklahoma City 405-713-5780 13 to 17 Male
Varangon Academy (RTC) (formerly listed as Aragon Academy) Norman 405-701-8530 13 to 17 Male
White Horse Ranch Mooreland 580-994-5649 12 to 18 Female
Willow Crest Hospital (Acute and RTC) Miami
918-542-1836/
800-950-7577 5 thru 17 Male/Female
Seventy-Two Hour Stabilization Program
Shadow Mountain - Intensive Treatment Services Norman 405-447-1911 8 to 18 - DHS children Male/Female
Red Rock Children’s Crisis Center Oklahoma City 405-425-0333 10 thru 17 Male/Female
Calm Center (up to 7 day admission) Tulsa 918-394-2256 10 to 17 Male/Female
Diagnostic and Evaluation Center
Oklahoma Diagnostic and Evaluation Center for Children Norman 405-360-9736 6 to 18 Male/Female
Chemical Dependency Residential Treatment for Moms and Children
Eagle Ridge Family Treatment Center Guthrie 405-282-8232
Mothers 18 years old and
up with children up to age
12
Four Winds Ranch Guthrie 405-260-0212 14 to 18 Female
Jordan's Crossing Oklahoma City 405-604-9644
Mothers and their children
up to age 12
Monarch, Inc. Muskogee 918-682-7210
Adult Expectant mothers
and mothers with children,
birth to age 12
Northwest Substance Abuse Treatment Center Waynoka 580-824-0674
Expectant mothers and
mothers with children to
age 12
The Oaks Rehabilitation Center (RTC and Halfway House)
(formerly McAlester Alcoholism Council) McAlester 918-421-3500
Adult expectant mothers
and mothers with children,
birth to age 11
Tulsa Women and Children's Center Tulsa 918-430-0975
Any age women, HIV
positive pregnant or with
children up to age 12
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This publication is issued by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth as authorized
by Lisa Smith, Director. 75 copies have been printed at a cost of $90.00. Copies have been
deposited with the publications clearinghouse of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. An
electronic version is also available on our website www.okkids.org. For more information or
additional copies, contact the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth at (405) 606-
4900.

Oklahoma
Commission on
Children and
Youth
State Plan and
Annual Report
2010
Table of Contents
Mission Statement 3
History 4
2010 OCCY Commissioners 5
OCCY Performance Measure Highlights 7
2009-2012 State Plan for
Services to Children and Youth 8
PROGRAMS
Office of Juvenile System Oversight (OJSO) 9
Oklahoma Child Death Review Board (CDRB) 11
Board of Child Abuse Examination (BCAE) 13
Post Adjudication Review Board (PARB) 15
Office of Planning and Coordination 18
2008 Community Partnership Board Special Projects 18
Statewide Collaborative Efforts 24
Joint Oklahoma Information Network (JOIN) 26
Sooner Start/Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC) 28
Oklahoma Areawide Services Information System (OASIS) 31
Juvenile Personnel Training Program (JPTP) 32
Appendix A Organizational Chart 35
Appendix B Facility Index 37
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Mission Statement
The mission of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth is to improve
services to children and their families by: Planning, coordinating and communicating
with communities and between public and private agencies; Independent monitoring
of the children and youth service system; Testing models and demonstration
programs for effective services; and certifying children’s shelters that are managed and
operated by the state.
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History
“In 1982 the eyes of the nation were on the Oklahoma juvenile justice system. A highly
publicized series of investigative newspaper articles, national TV coverage, and congressional
hearings all uncovered the abuse and neglect of the children in institutions under the auspices
of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS). It was revealed that the Department,
a giant agency with a $1.2 billion annual budget, essentially answered to no one – not the gov-ernor,
the legislature, nor any oversight authority, even though it received more than half of the
state budget. Because funding for DHS came from earmarked sales tax revenues, the Depart-ment
did not have to rely on the legislature or governor for program or fiscal approval. As a
result, there were only minimal fiscal or operational controls in place. Nor were there checks
and balances by outside agencies, or internal or external monitoring for compliance with forms
and standards…
Spurred by this public scrutiny, the Oklahoma legislature passed legislation that
brought far-reaching changes to its juvenile justice and child welfare systems, and as-sured
that abuses would no longer be hidden from legislative and public attention. One
of the cornerstones was the creation of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and
Youth, specifically to bring accountability and oversight into the child care system…Its
small but committed staff has created a climate of responsibility and openness in gov-ernment
that is worthy of emulation.” (Emphasis Added.) ¹
In 1982 House Bill 1468 was signed into law and the Commission on Children and Youth
was created. The law also prohibited the placement of deprived children in detention facilities
or jails and other adult lock-ups or in training schools. All DHS facilities were required to obtain
national accreditation. DHS was directed to develop a diversity of placement alternatives with
the emphasis on community-based services.
For twenty-five years the OCCY has played a critical role in the protection of children and
the improvement of services. OCCY has successfully worked for the establishment of effective
services and has been instrumental in the remediation or elimination of substandard services
and helped create transparent system for children, youth and families.
Most recently in FY 2009, House Bill 1734 mandated the Commission on Children and Youth
certify the two state operated children’s shelters.
1. Reference: Profile, Joseph DeJames, Community Research Associates, 1988.
Prepared for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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The Honorable Lisa Hammond
Representing the Oklahoma Bar
Association
Terri White, Commissioner
Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services
Bart Bouse, Chair
Representing a Youth Services
Association
Darlene Callahan
Representing Court Appointed Special
Advocates Association
The Honorable Richard Kirby
Appointee of the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate
Robert E. “Gene” Christian, Director
Office of Juvenile Affairs
Dr. Terry Cline,
Commissioner
Oklahoma Department of Health
Mike Fogarty, Director
Oklahoma Health Care Authority
Sandy Garrett, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Department of Education
Terrica Grunewald
Representing the State Post Adjudication
Review Board
Howard Hendrick, Director
Department of Human Services
The Honorable Thomas Alford
Associate District Judge
Representing the SJR13 Oversight
Committee
Dr. Sid Brown
Appointee of the Governor
Ben Loring
Representing the Oklahoma District
Attorneys Council
Claudette Selph
Representing Metropolitan Juvenile
Bureaus
Michael O’Brien, Director
Department of Rehabilitation Services
Ken Couchman
Representing the Office of Planning and
Coordination Community Partnership
Boards
Wanda Felty
Appointee of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Brent Thackerson
Representing the Oklahoma Children’s
Agencies and Residential Enterprises
(OKCARE)
2010 OCCY COMMISSIONERS
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COMMISSIONERS
Commission membership is established by statute to include the Director of the De-partment
of Human Services, the State Commissioner of Health, the Commissioner of
the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the State Superin-tendent
of Public Instruction, the Administrator of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority,
the Director of the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, the Chair of the SJR
13 Oversight Committee and the Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs.
Additional members are representatives of the Oklahoma Children’s Agencies and
Residential Enterprises, a statewide association of youth services, the Oklahoma Bar
Association, the Oklahoma District Attorney’s Association, and a statewide court-appointed
Special Advocate Association. Appointees of the Governor include a repre-sentative
from one of the metropolitan juvenile bureaus; one representing business or
industry, and one representative of the State Post Adjudication Review Board. The
Speaker of the House of Representatives appoints one member who is the parent of a
child with special needs. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate appoints one
member who has a demonstrated interest in improving children’s services and is not
employed by a state agency or a private organization that receives state funding, and
one member represents a community partnership board to be elected pursuant to the
guidelines established by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth. Ap-pointed
members may serve up to three terms of two years each.
Commissioners serve without compensation, except for reimbursement of travel ex-penses
incurred while performing their duties. The Commission is statutorily mandated
to meet at least quarterly, and special meetings are held as needed.
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OKLAHOMA COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH
PERFORMANCE MEASURE HIGHLIGHTS
PARB
Judicial
Districts
Served
JOIN Commu-nity
Resource
Directory
Visits
OJSO Com-plaints
& Re-quests
for
Assistance
OJSO
Public
Facility
Visits
P&C Local Com-munity
Collabora-tion
Meetings
ICC
Children
Served
JPTP Participants
Trained
CDRB Cases
Reviewed
Fiscal
Year
2010
97% 1,511,187 326 48 438 12,899 4,040 250
Fiscal
Year
2009
97% 1,994,218 408 62 505 13,532 4,335 247
Public
Releases
Deaths/Near
Death
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In 2009, the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth (OCCY) began the process
of developing a new Oklahoma State Plan for Service for Children and Youth. The
OCCY Board approved one major change in the development of the new plan; to
create a four year plan rather than a one year plan. The new Oklahoma State Plan for
Services to Children and Youth is in effect for the 2009-2012 time period.
To develop the plan, the Office of Planning and Coordination facilitated an annual
systemic issue feedback process, which solicited identification of the highest priority
issues, needs, or barriers within child and family serving systems. Participants in the
process included the statewide Community Partnership Boards (CPBs), Oklahoma
Commission on Children and Youth Board (OCCY), Office of Juvenile System
Oversight, State Post Adjudication Review Advisory Board, Child Death Review Board,
and Family Perspectives Committee. The highest priority systemic issues identified
through this process were 1.) barriers to health care services that impede access and
utilization of primary and preventative care services, which include behavioral and
mental health care; 2.) deficiencies in custody services, which support successful
reintegration, transitioning, and reduction of recidivism, provided to youth in custody;
and 3.) a lack of community based service opportunities that create protective factors
and encourage a reduction of risky behaviors among youth, especially teen pregnancy
and school drop-out.
Based on the identified, highest priority, statewide systemic issues in child and family
serving systems, OCCY adopted goals and objectives for the Oklahoma State Plan for
Services to Children and Youth to address the systemic issues at both the state and
local level.
The 2009- 2012 State Plan for Services to Children and Youth is a four-year plan
and the goals and objectives in the plan include:
1. Increase Access to Health Care Services -
A. Establish a Health Access Network (HAN) in Canadian County
B. Explore and identify other possible community sites for HAN readiness and
establish at least two additional community projects
C. Develop and expand behavioral health services
D. Establish school-based behavioral health service programs
2. Improve Services to Youth in Custody and Transitioning Out of Custody –
A. Establish two pilot projects to strengthen custody services in facilities
B. Establish a Pilot Community-Based Transition Project in Jackson County
3. Develop and Expand Positive Youth Development Services –
A. Expand local capacity and resources for youth services programs and Positive
Youth Development activities
B. Develop local infrastructure to improve the quality and availability of early
childhood programs and services
C. Increase services for prevention of school drop-out and teen pregnancy, as well
as increasing supports to expecting teen parents
2009 - 2012 Oklahoma State Plan for Services to Children
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Office of Juvenile System Oversight
Purpose: The Office of Juvenile System Oversight (OJSO) has the responsibility to
investigate and report misfeasance and malfeasance within the children and youth ser-vice
system, to inquire into areas of concern, and to provide independent monitoring of
residential and non-residential services to children. The OJSO is to ensure that agen-cies
are complying with their established responsibilities, which include state and fed-eral
laws, applicable accrediting and licensing standards, policies and procedures, and
applicable court orders.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: The OJSO annually inspects every state-operated residential facil-ity
and conducts systemic reviews at all other privately operated residential facilities
that have children/adolescents as residents. The oversight agency also investigates
misfeasance and malfeasance and areas of concern within the children and youth ser-vice
system, including concerns of health and safety of state custody children in out-of-home
care. The OJSO assesses facility/agency/program compliance with established
responsibilities, contractual agreements, best practices, and the policies and proce-dures
of each agency and facility.
The OJSO staff of nine oversight specialists (Council on Law Enforcement Education
and Training or Council on Licensure Enforcement and Regulation Certified Investiga-tors)
respond to complaints, inquires, and requests for assistance and referrals from
Oklahoma families, victims of abuse, legislators, child advocates, and judges. The of-fice
logs thousands of hours each year to investigate, mediate, resolve, and/or refer to
appropriate parties. The oversight staff act as the independent set of eyes for the
State of Oklahoma to monitor and assure the safety and welfare of children.
The OJSO is the only state oversight organization that provides comprehensive and
independent monitoring of the children’s service system. Because the Commission
provides no direct services, the oversight reports are independent and without conflict
of interest. In a collaborative effort with the state agencies that are represented on the
Commission, the work of oversight serves a critical role identifying areas of concern
and means for system improvement.
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Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
Goal #1 Measure Outcome
Ensure all state-operated chil-dren’s
facilities comply with
established responsibilities of
all state-operated children’s
facilities to increase the likeli-hood
children will be safe and
receive proper care.
1. The actual number of site
visits made to state- oper-ated
facilities yearly.
Each public facility was visited
a minimum one time during
the fiscal year, thus improving
the likelihood that more chil-dren
would be safe and re-ceive
proper care. The OJSO
continued to document viola-tions
and areas of concerns
regarding resident quality of
life, quality of treatment, and
resident room confinement.
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
Ensure the safety of youth
who reside in all other public
and privately operated chil-dren’s
facilities, in accordance
with state statutes, licensing
standards, and contractual
requirements.
Designing and conducting
systemic oversight at private/
public children’s facilities.
1. The number of visits to
these facilities.
For FY’10, the OJSO con-ducted
48 site visits in private/
public residential facilities.
This number was reduced due
to the legislation passed in
2009 that authorized systemic
oversight at private facilities.
Goal #3 Measure Outcome
Conducts referral requests,
requests for assistance, and
investigations of all inquiries
alleging misfeasance and mal-feasance
and lack of compli-ance
with established respon-sibility
within the children and
youth service system.
1. The number of inquiries
received.
For FY’10, the OJSO received
326 inquiries.
Office of
Juvenile System
Oversight
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2001
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 10.4 789,455 763,977 745,000 751,119
General Revenue 0 134,990 134,990 0 0
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 2.3 265,555 752 285,000 285,000
Total 12.7 1,190,000 899,719 1,030,000 1,036,119
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Oklahoma Child Death Review Board
Purpose: The Oklahoma Child Death Review Board (CDRB) and Local Review
Teams have the mission to reduce preventable child fatalities through systematic mul-tidisciplinary
review of child fatalities and through data driven recommendations to im-prove
the policies, procedures, and practices within and among agencies that protect
and serve children. This includes recommendations about training needs for those
agencies needing to improve their practices and investigative techniques.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: These teams are uniquely qualified to understand what no single
agency or group working alone can: how and why children are dying in their commu-nity.
The Child Death Review Board provides a multidisciplinary approach to case review of
all child deaths as well as near deaths resulting from abuse or neglect, for the purpose
of reducing the number of preventable deaths. No other entity exists that provides this
type of comprehensive review on a statewide basis. Based on the reviews, statistical
information is then collected that can identify system failures and help change policies,
procedures and practices among the agencies that protect and serve the children of
Oklahoma.
Because of the CDRB’s efforts, child fatalities are more thoroughly analyzed. Most
mortality data analysis is based on death certificate information which is sometimes
incomplete, and therefore does not present a viable approach to assessing prevent-ability.
Studies that use death certificate information alone, only report how an individ-ual
died, not on the contributing factors. The CDRB reviews all contributing factors,
which improves the accuracy of the mortality data and identifies prevention strategies.
The comprehensive review includes: all records and reports pertaining to a child
whose case is under review such as the medical examiner’s report, records from the
hospital, school, court, prosecution, law enforcement, fire department, State Depart-ment
of Health, doctors, dentists, emergency medical services, and Department of Hu-man
Services.
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Goal #1 Measure Outcome
To identify any systemic
failures that occur in rela-tion
to a child death, or
near death so that these
failures will be addressed
and not occur in the future.
Review child death and
near death cases.
For FY 2010, 250 cases
were reviewed and closed.
70 near death cases were
reviewed and closed.
Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
Identify system failures in
relation to child deaths and
make annual recommenda-tions
to improve policies,
procedures, and practices
within agencies that serve
and protect children.
Number of recommenda-tions
made by OCCY.
31 recommendations were
submitted. The numbers
above only reflect policy
and procedure recommen-dations
and do not include
all the training recommen-dations
proposed.
Goal #3 Measure Outcome
Number of regional Boards
that provide strategic cover-age.
Create 4 regional boards to
cover the state.
Four regional boards are
operational.
Child Death
Review Board
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 0.00 114,686 102,270 107,805 110,035
General Revenue 0 0 0 0 0
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 7,946 0 14,827 14,827
Total 0.00 122,632 102,270 122,632 124,862
* OCCY contracts with the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center to operate
the CDRB Program.
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Board of Child Abuse Examination
Purpose: The Board of Child Abuse Examination is responsible for (1) establishing a
statewide system to provide expert medical evaluation of child abuse and neglect; and
(2) implementing a continuing training program for medical professionals in the area of
child abuse and neglect, as well as developing standards for medical evaluation of chil-dren
suspected of being abused. The Chief Child Abuse Examiner provides consulta-tion
services to physicians in matters relating to diagnosing and treating child abuse,
makes public presentations and assists other groups with training on child abuse. He
also consults with other medical personnel and the OJSO on cases of suspected child
abuse.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: This is a multi-agency interdisciplinary Board that provides training
to health care personnel on diagnosing and treating child abuse. Doctors, nurses, and
physician assistants also learn about the child protection and judicial systems.
Goal #1 Measure Outcome
Maintain a Chief Child
Abuse Examiner to coordi-nate
educational programs
and represent BCAE on
other boards and commit-tees,
and provide consulta-tion
to the Board and oth-ers.
Ensure compliance
with statute.
Chief Child Abuse Exam-iner
provides documenta-tion
of activities. Board
meets a minimum of 4
times per year.
In FY’10, the Board met 6
times.
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
Provide basic and ad-vanced
child abuse training
to healthcare providers.
Number of events, partici-pants;
evaluation results.
In FY’10, The Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect
provided two basic trainings
and one advanced training
attended by approximately
44 physicians, nurses and
other medical personnel.
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Board of Child
Abuse
Examination
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 0.00 56,921 53,291 53,506 58,506
General Revenue
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 3,996 115 7,411 7,411
Total 0.00 60,917 53,406 60,917 65,917
The OCCY contracts with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center to fund
the services of the Chief Child Abuse Examiner and provide the training.
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Goal # 1 Measure Outcome
All judicial districts and every
county will be served by
PARB.
Increase the number of coun-ties
with an operating review
board.
In CY’10, 49 counties were
served.
In CY’09, 50 counties were
served
Goal # 2 Measure Outcome
Every county served by PARB
will review every Deprived
court case once every six
months, in accordance with
Oklahoma Statute.
Increase the number of volun-teers
by 25.
In CY’10, the number of vol-unteers
decreased to 352.
In CY‘09, the number of vol-unteers
was 375.
Goal # 3 Measure Outcome
Each PARB will thoroughly
review every Deprived court
case and develop useful rec-ommendations
for the court.
Increase the number of volun-teers
who attend training each
year.
In CY’10, 111 volunteers were
involved in PARB training.
Post Adjudication Review Boards (PARBs)
Purpose: Post Adjudication Review Boards review the appropriateness of treatment goals,
permanency plans and services for children and families in Deprived and Delinquent court
cases. The boards develop recommendations following each review and serve in an advisory
capacity to the district court. At least one review board is mandated in every judicial district
and each board is comprised of volunteers from the community. These boards advocate for
and encourage public entities to secure safe and permanent homes for each child.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated by other
entities: The PARB program involves community volunteers in the review of confidential court
cases of children and youth in the Deprived and Delinquent court systems. The review boards
provide an unbiased oversight of each case and serve in an advisory capacity to the judges
handling each case. Following each case the review boards develop recommendations for the
court. The boards seek the best interests for each child and assist in ensuring children do not
languish in the foster care system.
In calendar year 2010, local review boards reported that 8,174 Oklahoma children benefited
from the review of a PARB. The boards reported that 299 Delinquent reviews were completed
and 6,223 Deprived cases were completed, for a total of 6522 reviews. Three hundred and
fifty-two volunteers gave 11,014 hours of service in the program. During the year 57 boards
served 49 counties.
Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
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A LOOK INTO PARB
“We implemented the Foster Care Review Board (now know as Post Adjudica-tion
Review Board) program on a Judicial District basis comprised of Lincoln
and Pottawatomie Counties, constituting the 23rd Judicial District at the time the
authorizing statute became effective in 1983.
In the intervening twenty years a strong, well-trained, dedicated board of volun-teers
has met monthly in the courthouse to study reports, interview parties, so-cial
workers, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), families, and occa-sionally
attorneys.
The many hours expended and miles driven ultimately resulted in each deprived
ward of the court receiving the judicial, legal, social, and related services re-quired
to rehabilitate and reunite the family and achieve permanency through
adoption, guardianship, or independent living in a timely manner.
The semi-annual (and more frequently, if indicated), review guarantees that
each child and family will enjoy expeditious rendition of service and no child gets
lost in the system.”
The Honorable Glenn Dale Carter, Retired
Post
Adjudication
Review Board
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 1.85 109,976 140,673 128,000 242,881
General Revenue
- Carryover 13,895 21,238 0 0
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care
Administration 96,176 30,511 95,000 68,000
Total 1.85 220,047 192,422 250,000 310,881
Contracts 0 0 0 27,000 0
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Jay Scott Brown
Member At-Large
Jerry Fry
Member At-Large
Tricia Howell
Ex-Officio, Department of Human
Services
The Honorable April Sellers White
Judicial Member
Sandra Brown
Active PARB
Terrica Grunewald
Vice Chair, Active PARB
Linda McDaniel
Member At-Large
Cindy Nocton
Member At-Large
The Honorable Dynda Post
Judicial Member
Holly Morris
Foster Parent
Melanie Johnson
Member At-Large
Destry Hawthorne
Active PARB
Julie Kennedy
Foster Parent
The Honorable Versteeg
Judicial Member
Carol Collins
Member At-Large
The Honorable A. J. Henshaw Jr.
Judicial Member
The Honorable Mark A. Moore
Judicial Member
Dortha Crews
Active PARB
Greg Delaney
Ex-Officio, OJA
Buddy Faye Foster
Active PARB
Lisa Lang
Active PARB, Chair
Mary Jo Wimbish
Active PARB
Holly Morris
Foster Parent
Davis Ross
Foster Parent
Sheryl Milton
Active PARB
James Cooper
Active PARB
Clara Cunningham
Active PARB
State Post Adjudication Review Advisory Board
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Office of Planning and Coordination
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, Office of Plan-ning
and Coordination, is unique in that it has the ability to provide site-based support
to local communities in addressing both local and state level issues facing children and
youth. The support services provided to communities are provided for the purposes of
improving the capacity of local entities to deliver services, solve problems, and gener-ate
resources. The Office of Planning and Coordination support services includes both
staff support and financial support for local initiatives, local social service systems,
state agencies, and non-profits in developing and implementing local plans through
community bases structures that improve services and outcomes for children, youth,
and their families. Staff support services provided to communities are both indirect and
direct. Indirect staff support services include training and development of community
boards and agency boards such as board leadership, board staff, and overall organiza-tional
operations. Staff also provides intensive, direct support to initiatives through co-ordination
of meetings, strategic plans, and local projects. The Office of Planning and
Coordination also provides financial support where no other financial support can be
identified, or as match funding to support board operations and community projects
that are aimed at improving the lives of children, youth, and families.
Not only does the Office of Planning and Coordination provide staff and financial sup-port
to local initiatives, the office also provides the same supports at the state level.
The office is responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of the
Oklahoma State Plan for Services to Children and Youth. The Oklahoma State Plan
for Services to Children and Youth is a collaboration of all local community partnership
boards and state agencies that affect services to children and youth in the state. Staff
provides direct coordination for task forces established to implement the plan and as-sists
in developing a budget for the plan implementation.
OCCY Community Partnership Board
FY 10 Special Project Descriptions and Award Amounts
Intensive Technical Assistance Projects –
Nine Community Partnerships Boards participated in Intensive Technical Assistance
services and projects offered through the Office of Planning and Coordination. Inten-sive
Technical Assistance services include direct staff support of boards, task forces,
sub-committees; project planning and coordination; leadership and staff development
and training; resource development training; and organizational development. In addi-tion
to direct staff support services, participating communities can request funding to
implement projects that improve services to children, youth and their families. The fol-lowing
is a list of Intensive Technical Assistance Communities and projects that re-ceived
funding support through the Office of Planning and Coordination:
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Texas County Community Partnership
Project objective: To increase the number of Licensed Professional Counselors
(LPC) to serve children and families in the Panhandle region
Project description: A project coordinator to oversee a collaborative agreement be-tween
Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) and Oklahoma Panhandle
State University (OPSU) for the expansion of an graduate Master’s of Counseling Psy-chology
program, which is an educational requirement for LPC’s, offered through
NWOSU at OPSU
Amount Awarded: $4,500.00
Community Resource Association of Johnston County
Project objective: To develop and expand educational and recreational opportunities
for children and youth in Johnston County
Project description: A project coordinator to oversee a collaborative agreement be-tween
Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, Johnston County Commission-ers,
OSU Extension of Johnston County, and Tishomingo Elementary to create a pilot,
school-based afterschool program
Amount Awarded: $4,500.00
Partners for Ottawa County Youth
Project objective: To increase parental involvement and education in Ottawa County
Project description: A project coordinator to strengthen parenting skills and create
opportunities for parenting support and activities through collaboration between Okla-homa
Commission on Children and Youth, ROCMND Area Youth Services, and United
Way
Amount Awarded: $2,500.00
Canadian County Coalition for Children and Families
Project objective: To increase access to health care services for Soonercare patients
Project description: A project coordinator to provide Early Periodic Screening, Diag-nosis,
and Treatment (EPSDT) coordination for primary care physicians and practices
in Canadian County through collaboration between Oklahoma Commission on Children
and Youth, Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center, and Canadian County Com-missioners
Amount Awarded: $2,000.00
Washington County Partnership for Community Service Board
ITA project funding supports were not provided this partnership in FY 2010
Friends of NW 10th Street of Oklahoma County
ITA project funding supports were not provided this partnership in FY 2010
Community Partners of Adair and Cherokee Counties
ITA project funding supports were not provided this partnership in FY 2010
Jackson County Community Health Action Team
ITA project funding supports were not provided this partnership in FY 2010
Wagoner Family Service Council
ITA project funding supports were not provided this partnership in FY 2010
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Community Partnership Board Activities
Caddo County Interagency Council
Project objectives: Develop leadership skills among youth and provide positive youth
development activities. Also engage youth to participate in groups such as 2M2L and
SWAT that address underage drinking.
Project description: To send youth to Caddo County Youth Leadership Retreat
Amount Awarded: $600.00
Custer-Washita Health Action Team (C-WHAT)
Project objectives: To continue to follow the action plan by supporting and monitor-ing
the Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Group and to continue to educate and support
the Social Host movement and to work toward implementation of Big Brothers/Big Sis-ters
of Custer County.
Project description: Action Plan Revitalization
Amount Awarded: $600.00
Community Alliance of Resources for Everyone
(C. A. R. E.) (Garvin and McClain Counties)
Project objectives: To teach youth how to identify healthy and unhealthy relation-ships
and also provide youth a forum to present possible solutions and programs from
areas identified from last year’s Youth Speak Out.
Project description: Healthy Relationship Workshop and Youth Speak Out
Amount Awarded: $1560.00
Success by Six Early Childhood Planning Council – Kay County
Project objectives: To increase awareness and understanding of the challenges of
poverty by providing a seminar that provides solutions that can be adopted by pro-grams,
staff and employees to better serve the lives of people in poverty and increase
positive outcomes.
Project description: Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop
Amount Awarded: $375.00
Sooner Success Major County
Project objectives: To raise public awareness about specific types of disabilities
through the distribution of a collection of special needs children’s books to various
waiting rooms in Major County and to allow parents with newly diagnosed children of
autism to learn from seasoned parents of children with autism spectrum disorder as
well as offer simple tools and strategies those parents can use to promote autism
awareness and peer acceptance.
Project description: Disability Awareness Project and Autism Spectrum Workshop
Amount Awarded: $251.20
McIntosh County Coalition for a Healthy Community
Project objectives: Provide staffing to support Community Partnership Board’s Youth
Coalition to coordinate and facilitate youth coalition meetings, and provide adult men-torship
role to leaders of the youth coalition.
Project description: Support of a Youth Coalition Staff Member
Amount Awarded: $1600.00
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Muskogee Youth Coalition
Project objectives: To recruit membership from each school district in Muskogee and
each coalition organization. They will meet three times a year when school is not in
session and will collect youth opinions on local issues, thus allowing them to represent
themselves in several media venues.
Project description: Youth Advisory Board
Amount Awarded: $600.00
Nowata County Resource Council
Project objectives: To bring awareness and prevention of bullying, drug abuse, teen
pregnancy, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Project description: Teen Odyssey Project
Amount Awarded: $500.00
Okfuskee County Community Partnership
Project Objectives: To provide opportunities for young people in Okfuskee County to
participate in youth-led positive youth development activities and to implement a Girl
Power and Wise Guys Conference to educate young people on a variety of social and
health issues.
Project Description: Girl Power/Wise Guys Youth Conference and Strategic Planning
Retreat
Amount Awarded: $1600.00
Osage County Community Partnership Board
Project objectives: To provide a weekend program in coordination with school dis-tricts
for three towns in Osage County to help improve concentration abilities and aca-demic
achievement for youth.
Project description: Osage Youth Weekend Project
Amount Awarded: $600.00
Smart Start Payne County
Project objective: Conduct a training session on the importance of physical health
through public awareness materials and pledge cards.
Project description: Stillwater Speaks Project
Amount Awarded: $600.00
Shawnee Asset Building Alliance (SABA) – Pottawatomie County
Project objective: To encourage youth to get involved in the planning and implemen-tation
of pro-social projects, and to empower Shawnee Youth Coalition members to de-velop
and implement projects that touch young people outside the membership and to
empower adults in Shawnee to change the norms around underage drinking.
Project description: Too Much To Lose Parent Campaign and the Shawnee Youth
Coalition Projects
Amount Awarded: $1955.00
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Rogers County Coalition
Project objectives: To develop, empower, and integrate community resources to pre-vent,
promote and/or address issues related to child abuse/neglect, substance abuse,
behavioral health and healthy lifestyles issues. Also identify and promote effective par-ent
training classes.
Project description: Life Skills Classes/Parent Effectiveness Training
Amount Awarded: $1540.00
Wagoner Family Service Council
Project objective: To provide physical activities for youth and encourage healthy eat-ing;
sponsor two youth leadership development opportunities teaching youth drug
awareness/prevention and financial literacy; to provide Grandparents raising Grand-children
and caregivers a resource fair with educational and support referrals as well
as connecting older adults with the community; to provide a free Fun Day at the City
Park with information available of where there may be gaps in services available in the
county; and a Health Committee to encourage a healthy diet, educate the county on
services available to those with health problems.
Project description: Kids Zone Relay for Life, Wagoner Area Youth Understanding
and Preventing (WAYUP) Conference, Connecting Older Adults and Communities for
Health (COACH), Family Fun Day, and Health Committee
Amount Awarded: $600.00
Partners Acting As Change Agents (PACA) – Woodward County
Project objective: Service providers will learn strategies to develop culturally sensi-tive
service plans, improve their understanding of cultural needs, and to be sensitive
when working with families from other cultures.
Project description: Building Bridges or Walls – Training for Professionals
Amount Awarded: $1000.00
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Goal #1 Measure Outcome
Facilitation of interagency ef-forts
to increase local commu-nications
while improving ser-vices
to children and youth.
Increase interagency efforts
through coordinated local
meetings that increase com-munication
and enhance ser-vice
delivery at the local inter-agency
level.
438 CPB meetings were held
throughout the state in FY’10.
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
Develop community partner-ship
boards (CPBs) with focus
on planning and implementa-tion
of services to children and
youth.
Number of new community
partnership boards.
In FY’10, there were a total of
45 boards representing 44
counties.
Goal #3 Measure Outcome
Assist in developing and im-plementing
the State Plan for
Services to Children and
Youth according to recom-mendations
and budget limita-tions.
Percent of recommendations
adopted into state plan.
A State Plan for Services to
Children and Youth was de-veloped
utilizing recommen-dations
from community part-nerships,
state level groups
and citizens. 100% of the
CPB’s recommendations were
adopted by OCCY.
Goal #4 Measure Outcome
Test model programs and
demonstration projects for
children and their families.
Number of model programs
funded.
In FY’10, 9 communities
worked on Intensive Technical
Assistance projects and re-ceived
$13,500 in demonstra-tion
project funding through
Planning and Coordination.
Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
Office of
Planning and
Coordination
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 3.7 307,850 246,598 293,000 295,350
General Revenue 30,709 67,282 0 0
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 1.0 70,153 151 155,000 155,000
Total 4.7 408,712 314,031 448,000 450,350
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Statewide Collaborative Efforts
Examples of the types of programs that the OCCY has funded to meet the third statu-tory
mandate are listed below.
Study of Incarcerated Women and Their Children
In 2004, Senate Joint Resolution Forty-Eight (SJR 48), directed OCCY to take the lead
and work with the Departments of Human Services, Mental Health and Substance
Abuse Services and Corrections, to study the living conditions of children of incarcer-ated
women and make reports with recommendations that will help break the destruc-tive
cycles and restore the opportunities for children to live healthy and productive
lives. In 2005, OCCY issued three reports and developed recommendations, that
when implemented, would reduce the trauma children suffer as a result of the incar-ceration
of their mothers. In 2006, OCCY issued an updated report and began working
with the University of Oklahoma on follow-up studies. OCCY continues to work with
DOC, DHS and DMHSAS to generate interest and funds for a diversion project for
women with children. In 2007, follow-up studies were completed and issued in March
2008 and November 2008. Dr. Susan Sharp has committed her resources to expand
this study to collect more specific information from caretakers of the children. In 2010,
OCCY turned its attention to the living arrangements of children of incarcerated
parents.
The 2010 report begins to answer many of the questions related to the children such
as how many children are effected? Where are they? Who is supporting them? What
are the unique issues that they face? Surprisingly only 5 % of the children are in foster
care. This means that the vast majority are placed with relatives or friends where ac-cess
to services is limited by a bureaucratic system and the stigma of being the child of
a parent who is in jail.
The 2010 study incorporated the eight traumatic childhood events outlined in the Ad-verse
Child Experience (ACE) study conducted by Vincent Felitti. The eight events are:
emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, growing up in a household with some-one
with a drug or alcohol problem, growing up in a household with someone with a
mental illness, growing up in a household with someone being incarcerated, growing
up without one of the biological parents in the household or growing up with the mother
being treated violently. The women interviewed reported significantly more traumatic
childhood experiences than women who have not been incarcerated. This in effect
creates a cyclical pattern resulting in the children of incarcerated women being more
likely to suffer from trauma and be incarcerated themselves.
Some of the key findings are as follows:
 Approximately 1/3 of the caretakers reported that the Department of Human
Services had lost their paperwork to be considered as a placement for the
child. This resulting in an unnecessary bureaucratic time delay for the child
being placed.
 The study also suggests that instead of incarceration being a deterrent to
criminal activity, it seemed to serve as an accelerant for some families. Spe-cifically,
this was evidenced by the intergenerational imprisonment. Approxi-mately
28% of the mothers reported that their parents had been imprisoned,
while 18% reported that their children had been in trouble with the law.
When the researcher applied the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE)
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scores to the incarcerated mothers, it was found that approximately 20% of
the incarcerated women had an ACE score of 6 or higher. Approximately
50% of the women surveyed had an ACE score of 4 or higher. (0-8 range)
The higher the ACE score the more likely the person will suffer from
“organic disease, social malfunction, and mental illness”.
 Approximately 50% of the mothers reported that they have had children with
different fathers.
Joint Oklahoma Information Network (JOIN)
JOIN and 2-1-1 centers across the state are collaborating to combine regional re-source
directories, which contain services and provider information to form one state-wide
resource directory. The statewide directory can be found at the Join Website
www.join.ok.gov.
Access to Health
The Canadian County Coalition for Children and Families, in partnership with the Ca-nadian
County Gary E. Miller Children’s Justice Center, Oklahoma Health Care Author-ity,
Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth and The University of Oklahoma
Health Sciences Center have funded a care coordinator who works to increase access
to health care for children, youth and families in Canadian County. The “Access to
Health Care” project objectives are designed to:
 increase the number of physicians and dentists who will take Medicaid;
 increase EPSDT screenings by working with Canadian County physicians, DHS
and Soonercare, and the community; and
 reduce barriers to medical services and increase access to health and dental-care.
The project employs a part-time coordinator who works with doctors and patients to
increase access and utilization of preventive heath care.
Demonstration
Projects
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 28,109 39,321 1,000 1,000
General Revenue 64,765 58,494 0 0
Contracts,
Refunds, etc. 247,723 12,364 100,000 100,000
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 2.0 24,360 0 289,000 289,000
Total 2.0 364,957 110,179 390,000 390,000
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Joint Oklahoma Information Network (JOIN)
The OCCY is the coordinating agency in the development and implementation of the
internet-accessible data sharing system. Thirteen agencies signed an interagency
agreement that allows for the sharing of data across agency boundaries for information
and referral, single-point of entry, and policy analysis and research.
Two key components of JOIN are the on-line internet accessible Community Resource
Directory and the Eligibility Questionnaire. These tools reside on the JOIN website at
www.join.ok.gov. The website received an average of 125,932 hits per month in
FY’10.
The Eligibility Questionnaire is a free confidential tool that links people to state pro-grams
and agencies that provide the resources they are seeking. By answering a few
simple questions, citizens can view a list of services and information about how to ap-ply
for assistance. Currently, the Eligibility Questionnaire provides access to over 30
programs spread across seven state agencies.
The Community Resource Directory is a free web-based directory that helps individu-als
locate public and private services and programs statewide and in their local com-munities.
The Community Resource Directory received over 1,511,187 inquiries in
FY’10. The programs searched most frequently were food pantries, utilities, and rent
assistance.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: One of the unique aspects of JOIN is the range of participating
agencies, which includes those that manage workforce development initiatives, as well
as children and family services. This alliance enables partners to share costs and re-sources
more efficiently. The OCCY is responsible for managing a thirteen-state
agency effort to provide a statewide online Resource Directory, an eligibility question-naire
for over 30 different services and a database for state agencies to combine data.
JOIN has partnered with 211 and other call centers in the state to ensure up-to-date
and complete information about services and resources in the state.
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Goal #1 Measure Outcome
Through the collaboration
with the Oklahoma 2-1-1’s,
JOIN will expand it’s state-wide
database for informa-tion
and referral process.
Expansion of database and
number of records obtained
annually.
In FY’10, the JOIN data-base
was increased to
20,733 records of Agencies
and programs.
Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
Provide access to all state
agencies and the public via
the internet to the JOIN
website.
Number of hits to Resource
Directory (Any connection
to this site).
In FY’10, 1,511,187 hits
were made.
Goal #3 Measure Outcome
To make aggregate data
available to agencies, ser-vice
providers, and the
Oklahoma State Legislature
to be utilized for planning,
research, outcome evalua-tion,
and service coordina-tion
Continue the development
of the Data Repository and
develop Pilot Projects to
demonstrate its effective-ness.
Production complete. Ap-plication
went live in FY’10.
Joint
Oklahoma
Information
Network
FY
20011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 2.9 234,687 167,904 338,000 339,272
General Revenue
- Carryover 242,999 205,354 125,000 0
Federal Medicaid .4 57,717 46,329 57,371 41,559
Total 3.3 535,403 419,587 520,371 380,831
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Sooner Start/Interagency Coordinating Council
(ICC)
Purpose: The purpose of the Oklahoma Interagency Coordinating Council for Early
Childhood Intervention is to advise and assist agencies to create, implement and sup-port
a statewide system of early intervention services for children birth to age three
with disabilities and their families. Its purpose is to provide a vehicle for assuring a
comprehensive coordinated system that is family-centered, home, and community-based,
interagency, individualized, and culturally sensitive.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: Under Part C of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA), each state must have an advisory board made up of parents, public and
private providers, legislators, and representatives from state agencies that provide for
early intervention services. The ICC is the vital component to ensure services are not
only available but are cost effective and based on best practices in early intervention.
The interagency collaborative service design and implementation of SoonerStart have
been recognized nationally by the U.S. Department of Education as one of the best
early intervention models in the nation. All partners, including the State Departments
of Education, Health, Human Services, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services,
the University of Oklahoma’s Tolbert Center, and the Oklahoma Commission on Chil-dren
and Youth work together to ensure the early intervention services are effective,
easily accessible and cost effective.
The family-centered, culturally sensitive nature of services address family needs and
the individual needs of each child in SoonerStart. Parents, service providers, and the
ICC are partners in the decisions made regarding how services are designed and de-livered.
Approximately 12,899 infants and toddlers received screening, evaluation, assess-ments,
and services because of a possible delay or disability. SoonerStart is Okla-homa’s
answer to providing early intervention services to children with developmental
delays. SoonerStart is the only early intervention entitlement program available in
Oklahoma. Services are designed to meet the developmental needs of each eligible
child and the needs of the family related to enhancing the child’s development.
 Assistive Technology/assistive tech-nology
services
 Audiology
 Screening and assessment services
 Family training, counseling and home
visits
 Health services
 Medical services for diagnostic and
evaluation purposes
 Nursing services
 Nutrition services
 Occupational therapy
 Physical therapy
 Psychological services
 Service coordination
 Social worker services
 Special instruction
 Speech language pathology
 Vision services
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Goal #1 Measure Outcome
A timely comprehensive mul-tidisciplinary
evaluation will be
included for each child, birth
through age two, who is re-ferred
to the SoonerStart pro-gram
for evaluation.
SoonerStart Comprehensive
Quality Assurance process,
Annual self-assessment proc-ess.
Percent of referred children
who received an evaluation.
In FY 2010, 100% of the
SoonerStart records reflect
that the Battelle Developmen-tal
Inventory (BDI) was admin-istered
in all 5 developmental
domains at the time of the ini-tial
evaluation. Between July
2009 and June 30, 2010,
SoonerStart received 8,583
referrals.
Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
On the December 1 child
count, SoonerStart will serve
at least 2.09 % of the popula-tion
(ages 0 to 3).
This is a point in time count of
infants and toddlers being
served, not a cumulative
count.
% of population served. On December 1, 2009, 1.85%
of children had an active
IFSP.¹ Individual Family Ser-vice
Plan.
During FY2010, a total of
12,899 children were served.
A cumulative count of all chil-dren
referred, screened,
evaluated and received ser-vices.
Interagency
Coordinating
Council
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 150,525
General Revenue
- Carryover
Federal—Infants
and Toddlers with
disabilities 0 166,146 158,140 0 0
Total 2.0 228,891 198,352 149,351 150,525
Federal—Title IV
E. Foster Care 2.0 0 0 149,351 0
Goal #3 Measure Outcome
The Interagency Coordinating
Council Subcommittees will
have family members.
% of ICC committees In FY 2010 all of the ICC
Committees had family mem-ber
participation. The ICC
also created a family Leader-ship
committee which cur-rently
has eight family mem-bers.
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Governor Appointed Parents Head Start Agency
Tara Lozano-Ford Paula Brown
Term Ends: 01/01/2014 End s: 01/0 1/2012 Amy Owens Legislative Representatives
Term Ends: 01/01/2014
Senator Sean Burrage
Heather Pike Ends : 01/01 /2011 Term Ends: 01/01/2013
Jean nie Mc Daniel Lathonya Shive rs Term Ends: 01/01/2009
Term Ends: 01/01/2014
Tammy Rogers
Term Ends: 01/01/2013
Agency Representatives
Others Appointed by the Governor
Misty Kimbrough
Renée Kiel State Department of Education
Term Ends: 01/01/2011
Edd Rhoades
Lynn mboR-Jaones State Department Healotfh
Term Ends: 01/01/2009
Raymond Haddock
Service Providers Department of Human Services
Marti Ferretti Amy Chlouber, representing the
Term Ends: 01/01/2012 Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services
Shari Kinney
Term Ends: 01/01 /2013 ri tz Oklahoma Health Care Authority
Jim Lewis
Term Ends: 01/01/2012 Frank Stone
Oklahoma Insurance Department
Jan Matthews
Term Ends: 01/01/2011
Kermit McMurry
Term Ends: 01/01/2013
Interagency Coordinating Council for
Early Childhood Intervention
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Oklahoma Areawide Services Information System (OASIS)
Purpose: The primary purpose of OASIS is to provide free statewide information, re-ferrals
and assistance to Oklahoma children and adults with disabilities and special
health care needs that will help them in locating available services and resources in
their area that will help meet their needs.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: OASIS specializes in resources for children and adults with disabili-ties
and their families. OASIS houses the Oklahoma Respite Resource Network, a
statewide collaborative of agencies, organizations and individuals working to increase
the availability of respite in Oklahoma. The goals below reflect the OCCY line items for
OASIS.
Goals, Measures, Outcomes:
Goal #1 Measure Outcome
Provide people in need of
assistance with accurate
information as well as ap-propriate
referrals.
Number of referrals. In FY’10, OASIS provided
9,893 referrals.
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
Provide access via Internet
to the OASIS service pro-gram
directory.
Number of visits to website.
A visit can be defined as an
interaction with a website.
Statistics were compiled
from monthly web analysis
run by OUHSC server.
In FY’10, there were 20,000
visits to the OASIS website.
Oklahoma
Areawide
Service
Information
System
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 66,864 66,864 62,852 67,544
General Revenue
- Carryover 0 0
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 3,520 520 7,532 7,532
Total 0.00 70,384 67,384 70,384 75,076
* OCCY contracts with the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center to operate
the OASIS Program.
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Juvenile Personnel Training Program (JPTP)
Purpose: Funded through a line item in the Oklahoma Commission on Children and
Youth budget since 1983, the Juvenile Personnel Training Program (JPTP), a program
of The University of Oklahoma National Resource Center for Youth Services (NRCYS),
provides ongoing, high-quality competency-based training, resources, and trainers for
human services personnel in Oklahoma's public and private not-for-profit child serving
organizations.
JPTP training is geared to Oklahoma’s youth-serving professionals, paraprofessionals,
and volunteers in public and private child welfare, youth service, juvenile justice, and
prevention services. It is designed to improve effectiveness of services to Oklahoma
children, youth and their families. Agencies participating in training with JPTP are bet-ter
able to meet licensing and accreditation standards in a cost efficient manner.
Program characteristics that make it unique, necessary, and are not duplicated
by other entities: Nearly three decades of dedication to timely, relevant programming
has made JPTP one of the nation’s most respected and comprehensive programs of
its kind in the United States. Without the JPTP program, many of Oklahoma’s public
and private nonprofit agencies would have difficulty meeting their licensing and ac-creditation
standards in regard to training. JPTP provides essential training for the chil-dren
and youth service system. In FY’09, 4,198 personnel received training from
JPTP, making them better equipped to work effectively with Oklahoma children and
their families who, due to poverty and lack of adequate resources will potentially re-quire
the support of a non-profit, youth serving agency.
JPTP’s relationship with NRCYS assures the unique provision of training that would be
difficult, if not impossible to duplicate. First, the extensive amount of work done na-tionally
by NRCYS staff provides access to current trends, leaders in the field of youth
work, and state of the art curriculum and practice. This knowledge adds to the training
received by Oklahoma’s youth service providers who, due to budget constraints of their
own, rarely have access to training opportunities outside of Oklahoma. Secondly, ac-cess
to the national trainers housed at NRCYS adds to the training schedule in the
face of budget cuts. As mentioned earlier the program is funded at 2.15 FTE’s. It
would be next to impossible to provide for the scheduled workshops, and respond to
the increase in on-site training requests in a cost effective manner without access to
this extensive training resource. In addition, OCCY is able to leverage federal IV-E
funding, based on the training activities of JPTP, thus increasing the amount of training
available to the youth serving agencies in Oklahoma.
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JPTP training can be accessed two specific ways. A large number of trainings are pro-vided
on a regional basis in Tulsa or Oklahoma City. These trainings are especially
effective in providing cost effective training for specific agency personnel. For exam-ple,
staff that is required to maintain a license in order to provide services finds JPTP a
reliable source to meet the 20 hour requirement without placing a financial burden on
the agency.
However, it has been found that simply providing regional training is not as effective
with all agency personnel, direct care workers for example. JPTP has been able to
reach more direct care staff by bringing this much needed training directly to agencies.
This has shown to be especially effective in providing training to those agencies in ru-ral
areas in Oklahoma. JPTP has increased its efforts to offer consultation and techni-cal
assistance to assure agencies receive the training that best fit their needs and spe-cific
program goals. It is felt that this type of service delivery assists agencies in build-ing
capacity rather than simply meeting training hours requirements.
JPTP will continue to build on the collaborative efforts built with other Oklahoma agen-cies
and programs. These collaborations have already provided new, more effective
ways to deliver services to more eligible agencies and have maximized training dollars.
Goal #1 Measure Outcome
Provide training events
based on results of Okla-homa
public and nonprofit
agency needs assess-ments.
Number of events 86 trainings were con-ducted
in FY’10.
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
T r a i n p a r t i c i p a n t s
(Oklahoma service provid-ers
working with children,
youth and families) to in-crease
their knowledge and
skills.
Number of participants;
training evaluations.
4,198 participants received
training in FY’10.
In FY’09, 4,335 participants
received training.
Goal #2 Measure Outcome
To increase the skills and
knowledge of participants
of JPTP events measured
through evaluations.
Percent of participants re-porting
an increase in
knowledge and skills.
96% of participants in
FY’10 reported an increase
in skills and knowledge.
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Juvenile
Personnel
Training
FY
2011
FTE
FY-2010
Budget
FY-2010
Actual To
09/30/10
FY-2011
Budget
FY-2012
Budget
Request
General Revenue 126,679 126,679 113,124 113,124
General Revenue
Federal - Title IV-E
Foster Care 75,000 74,763 103,555 103,555
Total 0.00 201,679 201,442 216,679 216,679
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Appendix A
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Appendix B
Public Juvenile Facilities
APPENDIX B
Name of Facility Location Phone Number Ages Accepted Gender
Training Schools
L. E. Rader Center Sand Springs 918-246-8000 12 thru 18 Male
Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center Tecumseh 405-598-2135 12 thru 18 Male/Female
Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center Manitou 580-397-3511 13 thru 19 Male
Emergency Shelters
Laura Dester Shelter Tulsa 918-728-6700 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Pauline E. Mayer Shelter Oklahoma City 405-767-2750 Birth to 17 Male/Female
Mental Health Facility/Residential Treatment Center (RTC)
Childrens Recovery Center of Oklahoma
(formerly Norman Adolescent Center & Oklahoma Youth Center) Norman 405-573-3819 13 thru 17 Male/Female
Detention Centers
Beckham County Juvenile Detention Center Elk City 580-225-1001 13 thru 17 Male/Female
Bryan County Regional Juvenile Detention Center Durant 580-920-2030
10 or younger thru 18,
OJA referred Male/Female
Canadian County Juvenile Detention Center
(within Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children's Justice Center) El Reno 405-262-6111 12 thru 18 Male/Female
Cleveland County Regional Juvenile Detention Center Norman 405-447-8581 11 thru 17 Male/Female
Comanche County Regional Juvenile Detention Center Lawton 580-357-2250 12 thru 17 Male/Female
Craig County Juvenile Detention Center Vinita 918-256-6488 10 up to 18 Male/Female
Garfield County Regional Juvenile Detention Center Enid 580-234-3347 9 thru 17 Male/Female
LeFlore County Juvenile Detention Center Talihina 918-567-3393 12 thru 18 Male/Female
Muskogee County Regional Juvenile Detention Center Muskogee 918-683-3696 11 thru 17 Male/Female
Northwest Oklahoma Juvenile Detention Facility Woodward 580-256-4400 13 thru 18 Male/Female
Oklahoma County Juvenile Detention Center Oklahoma City 405-713-6475 10 thru 17 Male/Female
Osage County Detention Center Pawhuska 918-287-2881 12 thru 18 Male/Female
Pittsburg County Regional Detention Center McAlester 918-426-1585 13 thru 18 Male/Female
Pottawatomie County Regional Juvenile Detention Center Shawnee 405-273-6531 13 thru 18 Male/Female
Sac and Fox Nation Juvenile Detention Center Stroud 918-968-4279 12 thru 18 Male/Female
Texas County Juvenile Detention Center Hooker 580-652-2933 10 thru 18 Male/Female
Tulsa County Juvenile Detention Center Tulsa 918-596-5960 10 thru 17 Male/Female
Group Homes
Cedar Canyon Adventure Program Weatherford 580-343-2132 16 to 19 Male
Deborah Rothe Group Home Oklahoma City
405-524-4524 or
405-525-6740 13 thru 18 Female
Salt Fork Adventure Program Nash 580-839-2320 12 thru 18 Male
Foss Lake Adventure Program Foss 580-592-4444 13 thru 18 Male
Lawton Adventure Program Lawton 580-357-5435 12 thru 18 Male
Pauline E. Mayer Group Home Oklahoma City 405-601-2337 13 thru 18 Female
Tenkiller Adventure Program Park Hill 918-457-5125 13 thru 18 Male
Other State Schools
Oklahoma School for the Blind Muskogee 918-781-8200 Preschool thru 12th grade Male/Female
Oklahoma School for the Deaf Sulphur 580-622-4900 2 to 21 Male/Female
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics Oklahoma City 405-521-6436 11th & 12th grade Male/Female
Thunderbird Youth Academy Pryor
918-824-4850 &
877-295-0932 16 to 18 Male/Female
Special Care Facility
B ‐ 1
Private Juvenile Facilities
J. D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities Norman 405-307-2800 Infancy to 21 Male/Female
Intermediate Care Facility
The Children’s Center Bethany 405-789-6711 Birth to18 Male/Female
Residential Facilities
Marland Children's Home, formerly American Legion Home Ponca City 580-762-4156 11 to 18 Male/Female
Baptist Children’s Home for Girls Madill 580-564-2218
4 to 18 (group home and
independent living) Female
Baptist Children’s Home Oklahoma City 405-691-7781 Girls 2 to 18, Boys 2 to 8 Male/Female
Oklahoma Baptist Children’s Home Owasso 918-272-2233
school age up to 18 and
pregnant teens & teen
mothers & their babies Male/Female
Boys Ranch Town Edmond 405-341-3606 7 to 15 Male
Brush Creek Youth Ranch Jay 918-435-8206 13 to 18 Male
Cookson Hills Christian School Kansas 918-597-2192 5 to 18 Male/Female
Genesis Project, Inc. Jones 405-396-2942 6 to 12 Male
Goodland Academy Hugo 580-326-7568
6 to 13 admitting, allowed
to stay to stay until 18,
unless independent living Male
Hope Harbor Children's Home and Family Ministries Claremore 918-343-0003 9 to 17 Male/Female
Lakeside Home Tulsa 918-591-6015 13 to 18 Male/Female
Murrow Indian Children’s Home Muskogee 918-682-2586 school age to 18 Male/Female
New Lifehouse-Teen Challenge Disney 918-435-8206 13 to 18 Female
Oaks Indian Mission Oaks 918-868-2196 5 to 18 Male/Female
Oklahoma Lions Boys Ranch Perkins 405-547-2462 12 to 18 Male
Sand Springs Home Sand Springs 918-245-6900 6 to 18 Male/Female
Speck Homes Oklahoma City 405-239-7101 13 to 17.5 Male
The Tipton Home, Inc. Tipton 580-667-5221 5 to 18 Male/Female
Tulsa Boys Home Sand Springs 918-245-0231 13 to 18 Male
United Methodist Boys Ranch-Circle of Care Gore 918-487-5281 13 through graduation Male
United Methodist Children’s Home-Circle of Care Tahlequah 918-456-6166
12 to 18, and college age
youth Female
Westview Boys Home Hollis 580-688-9281 12 to 18 Male
Willow Springs Boys Ranch Chandler 405-258 5176 7 to 12 Male
Emergency Shelters
Area Youth Shelter, Inc. Ada 580-436-6130 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Cherokee Nation Youth Services Tahlequah 918-458-4440 12 to 17 Male/Female
Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes Emergency Youth Shelter Concho 405-422-7577 Tribal members Birth to 17 Male/Female
Community Children’s Shelter & Family Services Center, Inc. Ardmore 580-226-1838 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Creek County Youth Services Sapulpa 918-227-2622 5 to 18 Male/Female
Crossroads Youth & Family Services/Cleveland County Emergency Youth Shelter Norman 405-321-0240 Birth to 17 Male/Female
Ft. Sill/Apache Emergency Youth Shelter Apache 580-588-2296 Birth to 17 Male/Female
J. Roy Dunning Children’s Shelter Lawton unpublished Birth to 12 Male/Female
Kiamichi Youth Services, Inc. Idabel 580-286-2311 Birth to 18 Male/Female
B ‐ 2
Private Juvenile Facilities
LeFlore County Youth Services, Inc. Poteau 918-647-4196 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Maudie Hirschi Children's Shelter (formerly Logan County Youth & Family Services ) Guthrie 405-282-5524 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Marie Detty Youth and Family Services Lawton 580-248-6450 12 to 18 Male/Female
Mid-Del Youth Emergency Shelter Midwest City 405-424-0177 Birth thru 17 Male/Female
Muskogee County Council of Youth Services Muskogee 918-682-2841 11 to 17 Male/Female
Northern Oklahoma Youth Services Center & Shelter Ponca City 580-762-8341 10 thru 17 Male/Female
Payne County Youth Services Stillwater 405-377-1452 9 to 18 Male/Female
Rogers County Youth Services Claremore 918-341-7580 8 to 18 Male/Female
Southwest Youth & Family Services Chickasha 405-222-5437
12 to 18, any age for
outpatient drug and
rehabilitive services Male/Female
Southwestern Youth Services, Inc. Altus 580-482-2809 6 to 22 Male/Female
Western Plains Youth & Family Services, Inc. Woodward 580-256-8931 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Youth & Family Resource Center Shawnee 405-275-3340 Birth to 17 Male/Female
Youth & Family Services, Inc. El Reno 405-262-6555 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Youth & Family Services of North Central Oklahoma Enid 580-233-7220 4 to 18 Male/Female
Youth and Family Services of Washington County Bartlesville 918-335-1111 7 to 18 Male/Female
Youth Emergency Shelter Eufaula 918-689-2900 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Youth Emergency Shelter, Inc. McAlester 918-423-8845 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Youth Services for Oklahoma County/Family Junction Oklahoma City 405-272-0726 12 thru 17 Male/Female
Youth Services for Stephens County Duncan 580-252-3060 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Youth Services of Bryan County Durant 580-924-6263 Birth to 18 Male/Female
Youth Services of Osage County Pawhuska 918-287-2881 10 up to 18 Male/Female
Youth Services of Tulsa Tulsa 918-582-0061 12 to 18 Male/Female
Group Homes
Ft. Reno Adolescent Center, Behavioral Health Services, Gary E. Miller Canadian County
Children's Justice Center El Reno 405-262-0202 13 to 17½ Male/Female
Ki Bois Krebs 918-429-0456 12 to 17 Female
Lighthouse Group Home Norman 405-307-0342 13 to 18 Male
Marie Detty/Parker Pointe Level D+ Group Home Lawton 580-248-6470 13 to 17 Female
Norman Adolescent Group Home Norman 405-573-1008 13 to 18 Male
People, Inc. Level D + Sallisaw 918-775-7787 11 to 17 Male
People, Inc. Level E Sallisaw 918-775-7787 13 to 18 Male
People Inc. (has 2 programs in Tahlequah: 1 is for Autistic and the other if for Child Welfare and DDSD) Tahlequah 918-775-7787 11 to 18 Male
Realations Community Services of Oklahoma Tulsa 918-447-0880 8 to 18 Male/Female
ROCMND Group Home (operated by ROCMND Area Youth Services, 918-256-7518) Miami 918-542-3107 12 to 18 Male
Sequoyah Enterprises, Inc. Level D Bartlesville 918-333-3764 12 to 18 Female
Sequoyah Enterprises, Inc. Level E Group Home Chickasha 405-222-2768 14 to 18 Female
Sequoyah Enterprises, Inc. Level D Grove 918-787-6933 12 to 17 Male
Sequoyah Enterprises, Inc. Level E Lawton 580-357-7400 13 thru 18 Male
Sequoyah Enterprises, Inc. Level E Enid 580-233-5844 13 to 18 Male
Sequoyah Enterprises, Inc. Level D Wayne 405-449-3219 14 to 17 Male
The Cornerstone Norman 405-573-1000 13 to 18 Male
Varangon Academy Level E (formerly listed as Youth Habitation Center) Norman 405-701-8530 13 to 17 Male
White Fields, Inc. Piedmont 405-302-5123 8 to 12 admittance, to 19 Male
Maternity Homes
B ‐ 3
Private Juvenile Facilities
Catholic Charities Holy Family Maternity Home Midwest City 405-741-7419
Pregnant girls age 12 to 17
and their babies
Grace Cottage Crisis Pregnancy Center Poteau 918-649-3737 Pregnant girls up to age 18
*Specialized Community Homes
Bamborough Home Edmond
Dash Home Altus
Franks Home Durant
Mitchell Home El Reno
Morrison Home Muskogee
Parnell Home Muskogee
Pendergrass Home Stigler
Perry Home Wyandotte
Ramsey Home Okmulgee
Stanfield Home Konawa
Swicegood Home Miami
Thomas Home Oklahoma City
* Specialized Community Homes are private homes that are contracted with the Office of Juvenile Affairs and the Department of Human Services.
Private Residential Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Facilities
Acute Care and Residential Treatment Centers (RTC)
Cedar Ridge Treatment Facility (Acute and RTC) Oklahoma City 405-605-6111 6 to 18 Male/Female
Hilcrest Medical Center (Acute and RTC) (formerly listed as OSU Medical Center) Tulsa 918-599-5880 3 to 18 Male/Female
Integris Bass Baptist Health/Meadow Lake (Acute and RTC) Enid 800-759-2211 5 to 18 Male/Female
Integris Mental Health/Adolescent 1 (Acute and RTC) Spencer 405-427-2441 12 to 17 Male/Female
Integris Mental Health/Child 1 & 2 (Acute and RTC) Spencer 405-427-2441 5 to 12 Male/Female
Integris Mental Health/Adolescent 2 (Acute and RTC) Spencer 405-427-2441 12 to17 Male/Female
Integris Mental Health/Star 1 Program (Acute and RTC) Spencer 405-427-2441 11 to 14 Male/Female
Integris Mental Health/Star 2 Program (RTC) Spencer 405-427-2441 5 to 11 Male/Female
Integris Mental Health/Star 3 Program (Acute and RTC) Spencer 405-427-2441 5 to 11 Male/Female
Cherokee Nation Jack Brown Youth Regional Treatment Center Tahlequah 918-453-5500 Tribal members 13 to 18 Male/Female
Laureate Psychiatric Hospital (Eating Disorders Only) Tulsa 918-481-4060 13 and up inpatient Female
Moccasin Bend Ranch (RTC) Miami
918-542-1836/
800-950-7577 13 thru 17 Male/Female
Morning Star A.T.U. (RTC) Marietta 580-276-5443 13 to 18 Female
Parkside Psychiatric Hospital and Clinic Tulsa
918-588-8888(crisis)
918-582-2131 (main)
10 to 17 for adolescent
Acute, 6-17 for residential Male/Female
Rose Rock Academy (formerly listed asThe Camelot Schools - Autism Spectrum & MRMI) Oklahoma City 405-548-1280 5 to 17 Male/Female
Shadow Mountain Behavioral Health System/Eagle Creek Kansas 918-597-3623 12 to 17 Male
Shadow Mountain Behavioral Health System (Acute and RTC) Tulsa 918-492-8200 4 to 17 Male/Female
Shadow Mountain Hope Unit Tulsa 918-289-0990 12 to 17 Male/Female
Shadow Mountain Riverside (RTC) Tulsa 918-492-8200 4 thru 17 Male/Female
Riverside has 2 programs – Reactive attachment disorder program for male/female, age 4-12 – Dual diagnosis program for male/female, age 13-17
Southern Plains Treatment Services (RTC) Norman 405-217-8400 12 to 17 MaleFemale
Southwestern Behavioral Health (Acute and RTC) Lawton 580-536-0077 5 to 18 Male/Female
St. Anthony Hospital (Acute) Oklahoma City 405-272-6216 5 to 17, sometimes 4 Male/Female
St. Anthony Hospital (RTC) Oklahoma City 405-272-6216 8.5 to 17 Male/Female
B ‐ 4
Private Juvenile Facilities
St. Anthony Hospital Accents Program for Mental Retardation/Mental Illness Oklahoma City 405-272-4900 9 thru 17 Male/Female
St. Anthony Hospital Human Restorations Oklahoma City 405-272-4955 12 thru 17 Male/Female
St. Anthony South Campus/Positive Outcomes Oklahoma City 405-713-5780 13 to 17 Male
Varangon Academy (RTC) (formerly listed as Aragon Academy) Norman 405-701-8530 13 to 17 Male
White Horse Ranch Mooreland 580-994-5649 12 to 18 Female
Willow Crest Hospital (Acute and RTC) Miami
918-542-1836/
800-950-7577 5 thru 17 Male/Female
Seventy-Two Hour Stabilization Program
Shadow Mountain - Intensive Treatment Services Norman 405-447-1911 8 to 18 - DHS children Male/Female
Red Rock Children’s Crisis Center Oklahoma City 405-425-0333 10 thru 17 Male/Female
Calm Center (up to 7 day admission) Tulsa 918-394-2256 10 to 17 Male/Female
Diagnostic and Evaluation Center
Oklahoma Diagnostic and Evaluation Center for Children Norman 405-360-9736 6 to 18 Male/Female
Chemical Dependency Residential Treatment for Moms and Children
Eagle Ridge Family Treatment Center Guthrie 405-282-8232
Mothers 18 years old and
up with children up to age
12
Four Winds Ranch Guthrie 405-260-0212 14 to 18 Female
Jordan's Crossing Oklahoma City 405-604-9644
Mothers and their children
up to age 12
Monarch, Inc. Muskogee 918-682-7210
Adult Expectant mothers
and mothers with children,
birth to age 12
Northwest Substance Abuse Treatment Center Waynoka 580-824-0674
Expectant mothers and
mothers with children to
age 12
The Oaks Rehabilitation Center (RTC and Halfway House)
(formerly McAlester Alcoholism Council) McAlester 918-421-3500
Adult expectant mothers
and mothers with children,
birth to age 11
Tulsa Women and Children's Center Tulsa 918-430-0975
Any age women, HIV
positive pregnant or with
children up to age 12
B ‐ 5
This publication is issued by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth as authorized
by Lisa Smith, Director. 75 copies have been printed at a cost of $90.00. Copies have been
deposited with the publications clearinghouse of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. An
electronic version is also available on our website www.okkids.org. For more information or
additional copies, contact the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth at (405) 606-
4900.